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1 mag 2012 · In the case of Violent Playground they got Stanley Baker to star as a cop and tarted up the plot with pyromania and a climax in which a gunman holds a class full of school children hostage. The following review is offered as part of the Tuesday’s Overlooked Film meme hosted by Todd Mason over at his Sweet Freedom blog and you should head over there to see the many other fascinating titles ...
17 nov 2021 · A classic British film review of Violent Playground (1958) starring Stanley Baker, David McCallum and Anne Heywood and Peter Cushing. Directed by Basil Dear...
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Violent Playground Drama 1958 1 hr 48 min MGM+ Available on MGM+, Philo, Prime Video During an investigation of a string of arsons, a Liverpool policeman falls in ...
Combining social realism, juvenile delinquency, and a gritty noir atmosphere, Basil Dearden’s Violent Playground is perhaps the only classic film noir more frightening today than the year it was released: that’s because it contains an extended sequence in which a mentally unstable young man invades an elementary school with a machine gun and takes young schoolchildren hostage, a situation ...
The playground of St. Mary and St. Michael's school with properties on Cowley Gardens in the top background, more of which can be seen in 'Sparrows Can't Sing'. Capture 123 26 Sep 2023
After futilely hunting a mysterious arsonist dubbed “Firefly,” upright police officer Jack investigates youth gang leader Johnnie, falls in love with the lad’s sister, and discovers connections between the boy and several blazes.
