Movie · 1958
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.”
Released 14 January 1958 108 min Crime / Drama More from 1958 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
A Liverpool juvenile liaison officer struggles with a young and dangerous pyromaniac.
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How old were they?
Moultrie Kelsall
as Superintendent
Clifford Evans
as Headmaster Evans
Peter Cushing
as Father Laidlaw
John Slater
as Sgt. Walker
Cyril Shaps
as Hairdresser (uncredited)
George A. Cooper
as Chief Inspector
Stanley Baker
as Detective Sergeant Jack Truman
Anne Heywood
as Cathie Murphy
David McCallum
as Johnnie Murphy
Sean Lynch
as Slick
Melvyn Hayes
as Kid in Johnnie's Gang (uncredited)
Tsai Chin
as Primrose
Michael Chow
as Alexander
Bernice Swanson
as Meg
Freddie Starr
as Tommy
Brona Boland
as Mary Murphy
Fergal Boland
as Patrick Murphy
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The numbers
41years between the oldest and youngest billed
56Moultrie Kelsall — oldest on the call sheet
15Freddie Starr — youngest billed
30average age of the credited cast