Movie · 1953

The Flaming Urge

Name: The Flaming Urge
Released: 1953-09-27
Cast: Herbert Rawlinson, Pierre Watkin, Byron Foulger, Cathy Downs

Released 27 September 1953 More from 1953 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

A pyromaniac tries to fight his obsession with fire. This movie uses the pyromaniac urge as an extraordinarily transparent metaphor for homosexuality.

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How old were they?

Oldest first

Herbert Rawlinson

as Herb - Fire Chief

Died aged 67, before release

Pierre Watkin

as Albert Cruickshank

Byron Foulger

as A. Horace Pender

Cathy Downs

as Charlotte Cruickshank

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The numbers

Computed from the cast above

40years between the oldest and youngest billed

67Herbert Rawlinson — oldest on the call sheet

27Cathy Downs — youngest billed

53average age of the credited cast

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