Violent Playground
EVERY CITY HAS ITS DANGEROUS YOUTH. Stark, explosive drama - as the camera lays bare the heart of a big city and probe the secrets of its Violent Playground.
Crime Drama
A Liverpool juvenile liaison officer struggles with a young and dangerous pyromaniac.
Director Basil Dearden
Cast
David McCallum
Johnnie Murphy
Peter Cushing
Father Laidlaw
Jeremy Bulloch
Pageboy at Hotel (uncredited)
Sean Lynch
Slick
Freddie Starr
Tommy
Stratford Johns
Police Constable (uncredited)
Philip Ray
Stallholder (uncredited)
Stanley Baker
Detective Sergeant Jack Truman
John Slater
Sgt. Walker
Clifford Evans
Headmaster Evans
Moultrie Kelsall
Superintendent
Michael Chow
Alexander
Lynne Roberts
Maureen Owen
George A. Cooper
Chief Inspector
Robert Raglan
Doorman at Grand Hotel (uncredited)
Tsai Chin
Primrose
Grace Arnold
Customer in Grocer's Shop (uncredited)
Melvyn Hayes
Kid in Johnnie's Gang (uncredited)
Cyril Shaps
Hairdresser (uncredited)
Dervis Ward
Constable (uncredited)
Sheila Raynor
Mrs. Catlin
Anne Heywood
Cathie Murphy