Flame in the Streets

IMDb link: 0054879
IMDb rating: 6.7 (474 votes)
Genres: Drama
Director: Roy Ward Baker, John Mills
Cast: Brenda de Banzie, Sylvia Syms, Earl Cameron and others

Release date: 15 Sep 1961
Release year: 1961
Runtime: 93 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Keywords: racist, mixed race relationship, independent film, staring at a woman's butt, african anglo, scene during opening credits, class, classroom, street life, west indian

Plot:

A union leader in a large company tries to win equal rights for the handful of West Indian workers at the company, but finds it is an uphill battle. After being successful, and rightly proud of his efforts, he finds that he and his wife have a difficult time coming to terms with the fact that his only daughter intends to marry a West Indian.

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