A Cry from the Streets

1958 1h 39m EN

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★7.1TMDB · 8

Drama

Synopsis

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Bittersweet story about London's unwanted children and the good people trying to help them. Ann is a social worker, while Bill is an electrician whose contract with the local care home introduces him to the children and Ann. Events start to escalate out of control when a child takes possession of a loaded gun.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Barbara Murray
Ann Fairlie
Max Bygraves
William "Bill" David Lowther
Dana Wilson
Barbie Taylor
Colin Petersen
Georgie May
Kathleen Harrison
Mrs. Farrer
Sean Barrett
Don Farrer
Mona Washbourne
Mrs. Daniels
Eleanor Summerfield
Gloria May

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Lewis Gilbert
Writers: Vernon Harris
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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ERA

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68 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Peter R. Hunt shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Barbara Murray and Max Bygraves and Dana Wilson carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0051502 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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6 / 6

WILD

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Only 8 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Lewis Gilbert directs. Peter R. Hunt cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

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168 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Editor Peter R. Hunt shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
4Barbara Murray and Max Bygraves and Dana Wilson carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt0051502 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 8 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Editing: Peter R. Hunt
Runtime: 99 min · 1h 39m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): U
IMDB: A Cry from the Streets (1958)

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CinemaSerf2022-03-27
★ 6/10
This got a BAFTA nod for Best British Screenplay and you can easily see why. It is a gentle, almost nostalgic, reminder of how different society was in the UK 60 years ago. Barbara Murray ("Ann") is a social worker struggling to look after a collection of kids from a variety of disadvantaged backgrounds. She meets and falls for the kind, gentle, real-life crooner Max Bygraves ("Bill") who has some fairly traumatic baggage of his own, and they both set about trying to bring a little happiness to themselves and to their young charges. This doesn't pull it's punches - not that it is gory, or visually violent - but it does tackle the topics of suicide, child neglect and parental (& official) indifference in quite a forthright (for 1958) fashion. It did remind me a little of my own childhood in Glasgow in the 1970s - kids were packed off "out to play" on spare ground - frequently that bombed out during WWII - on their own for days at a time; surrounded by an environment of cigarettes and alcohol - and although impossible to reconcile with attitudes today; people just didn't know any better and very, very few of us were ever at risk of anything more dangerous than a skint knee. The kids' performances are good as is Mona Washbourne as "Mrs. Daniels".

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