

Violent Playground
DirectorBasil Dearden
“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.”
A Liverpool juvenile liaison officer struggles with a young and dangerous pyromaniac.
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Cast

Stanley Baker
Detective Sergeant Jack Truman

Anne Heywood
Cathie Murphy

David McCallum
Johnnie Murphy

Peter Cushing
Father Laidlaw

John Slater
Sgt. Walker

Clifford Evans
Headmaster Evans

Moultrie Kelsall
Superintendent

George A. Cooper
Chief Inspector
Brona Boland
Mary Murphy
Fergal Boland
Patrick Murphy

Michael Chow
Alexander

Tsai Chin
Primrose
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