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Your cart is empty.A grittier, British inspiration to Stanley Kramer's Oscar winning Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Set amidst the backdrop of working class London, Flame in the Streets takes a hard look at racial prejudice. Ted Willis adapted his own successful stage play, Hot Summer Night, for the big-screen and director Roy Baker (A Night to Remember) pulled no punches and bruised many a liberal's sensibilities in delivering what he termed 'a harsh picture.' John Mills plays a liberal-minded union leader in a London factory, who fights against the discrimination that is rampant in his multiracial workforce. His actions prevent a bitter strike, when the union becomes outraged over the promotion of a Jamaican to a much higher position in the factory. His victory is sweet but short, as he now turns his attention to home where he must fight his own deeper prejudices, when he finds his daughter is planning to marry a Jamaican teacher.
redbeagle100
Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2022
Very good film from Great Britain
Glenn P
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 13, 2016
Brilliant and gritty social drama form the early sixties.
Chiedu P. Ogwu
Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2015
An excellent movie, featuring an early Johnny Sekka, Sylvia Syms, & veterans Brenda De Banzie, & John Mills. This movie is an interesting look at how someone who may profess certain ideologies, might respond when forced to deal with circumstances which put those "principles" to the test.
Lincsbairn
Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2013
John Mills was a much admired British Film star. In this story he faces the questionof his own deep rooted predjudice. I prefer this more down to earth production far more than"Whose coming to dinner" made in the USA. The stage is early post war Englamd and in the season of Guy Fawkesor "Bonfire Night" . One fascinating note about the titling is why the boyfriend is hardly given mention,and his character given such meagre developement. The quality of the film is excellent as is the sound.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2013
Years before the U.S.'s Guess Who's Coming to Dinner examined mixed marriage, John Mills and company did so in England. The action and reactions prove more visceral in Great Britain, with labor unions, motorcycle riding punks, family, neighbors, and friends joining the brouhaha when Mills' screen daughter brings home a most unexpected fiancé and Mills stands up for black workers where he is a union boss.Spencer Tracy and cast may have pulled their punches in the American movie; the British cast does not.
Foreign Chat Web
Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2011
I enjoyed watching this movie. It is mainly about two people from different races (e.g. white woman and black man) taking huge risks so that they can be together. This probably took place in England because of the accent people spoke. She told her parents that she wanted to marry the black guy regardless of how they felt about it.The only thing I did not like much was the ending. I wished that their upcoming wedding was shown and included in the movie.
J. Lovins
Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2011
VCI Entertainment and The Rank Collection presents "FLAME IN THE STREETS" (1961) - (93 min/Color) -- Starring: John Mills, Sylvia Syms, Brenda De Banzie, Earl Cameron, Johnny Sekka, Ann Lynn, Wilfrid Brambell, Meredith EdwardsDirected by: Roy BakerVCI has restored and brought from their vaults another film from the British Invasion.A liberal minded union leader battles against racial discrimination in the factory work place, and then must face a deeper test when forced to confront his own personal prejudices.John Mills as always gives a stalwart performance.Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best British Screenplay (Ted Willis)For product description and editorial review check this out on the Amazon site above my reviewSPECIAL BONUS FEATURES:1. Photo2. Poster GalleryBIOS:1. Roy Baker (Director)Date of Birth: 19 December 1916 - London, England, UKDate of Death: 5 October 2010 - London, England2. John Mills [aka: Lewis Ernest Watts Mills]Date of Birth: 22 February 1908 - The Watts Naval Training College, North Elmham, Norfolk, England, UKDate of Death: 23 April 2005 - Denham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK3. Sylvia SymsDate of Birth: 6 January 1934 - London, England, UKDate of Death: Still Living4. Johnny SekkaDate of Birth: 21 July 1934 - Dakar, SenegalDate of Death: 14 September 2006 - Agua Dulce, CaliforniaMr. Jim's Ratings:Quality of Picture & Sound: 4 StarsPerformance: 3 StarsStory & Screenplay: 4 StarsOverall: 4 Stars [Original Music, Cinematography & Film Editing]Total Time: 93 min on DVD ~ VCI Entertainment #8739 ~ (September 20, 2011)
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