The struggle between a Liverpool Juvenile Liaison officer and a dangerous young pyromaniac.The struggle between a Liverpool Juvenile Liaison officer and a dangerous young pyromaniac.The struggle between a Liverpool Juvenile Liaison officer and a dangerous young pyromaniac.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 nomination total
Bernice Swanson
- Meg
- (as Benice Swanson)
Freddie Starr
- Tommy
- (as Fred Fowell)
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- TriviaThe script was based on an experiment by the Liverpool Police Department in 1949, when they created a small number of specialized officers to deal with youth crimes.
- GoofsDespite its Liverpool setting not a single character speaks with a Merseyside (Liverpool) accent in the entire film.
- SoundtracksPlay Rough
Sung by Johnny Luck (Fontana Recording Artist)
Lyric by Paddy Roberts
Music by Philip Green (as Phil Green)
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This movie pops up reasonably often on VERY late night TV in Australia on ABC TV (Not the american network).ABC tends to show very old British movies late at night, so I got to watch this one not too long ago.I quite liked it, it's certainly no worse than a lot of simular American films from around that time (Anything by American International for example). The locations and sets were good, Liverpool was an excellent choice for the movie.The fact that it was shot in black and white only enhances the mood and feel of this film. My only complaints about it are, I think that the romantic sub plot between the sargent and the older girl was tiresome and un necessary. The plot was strong enough without it, not to mention in real life, most policemen would be a lot more distant in the situation the good sargent found himself in. But hey. I'm not a policeman so it's only my opinion. My other complaint is that the title song was played throughout the movie ad-nauseum. It was ok for the intro, but after you heard it for the sixth or seventh time, it really started to get annoying. I can't help thinking that the movie was partially intended to be a promotional vehicle for whoever it was that sung it, the closing credits even mentioned that he/she was an artist with Fontana records. Obviously this ploy didn't work if that was the case. But the twins were absolutley gorgeous, especially Mary, it wouldn't have been as good without them. And David Maccallum was also very good as Johnny, happily he went onto much bigger things and deservedly so. It may seem a little dated now, not it's still an excellent movie, Well done!
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