Violent Playground
70 %|Jan 14, 1958|Crime, Drama
A Liverpool juvenile liaison officer struggles with a young and dangerous pyromaniac.
Featured Crew
Basil Dearden
Director
Susan Dyson
Continuity
Mike Fox
Clapper Loader
James Kennaway
Screenplay
Reginald H. Wyer
Director of Photography
Arthur Stevens
Editor
Nosher Powell
Stunt Double
Maurice Gibson
Second Assistant Director
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Cast
Stanley Baker
Detective Sergeant Jack Truman
Anne Heywood
Cathie Murphy
David McCallum
Johnnie Murphy
Peter Cushing
Father Laidlaw
John Slater
Sgt. Walker
Clifford Evans
Headmaster Evans
Moultrie Kelsall
Superintendent
George A. Cooper
Chief Inspector
Brona Boland
Mary Murphy
Fergal Boland
Patrick Murphy
Michael Chow
Alexander
Tsai Chin
Primrose
Sean Lynch
Slick
Bernice Swanson
Meg (as Benice Swanson)
Freddie Starr
Tommy (as Fred Fowell)
Sheila Raynor
Mrs. Catlin
Christopher Cooke
David Catlin
Irene Arnold
Mrs. Baker
Oonagh Quinn
Jilly Baker
Ali Allen
Boy (uncredited)
Grace Arnold
Customer in Grocer's Shop (uncredited)
John Boxer
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Jeremy Bulloch
Pageboy at Hotel (uncredited)
John Bush
(uncredited)
Michael Collins
Police Officer in Patrol Car (uncredited)
Keith Crane
William (uncredited)
Gerrard Gibson
(uncredited)
Victoria Harrington
Child (uncredited)
Melvyn Hayes
Kid in Johnnie's Gang (uncredited)
Lindsay Hooper
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Robert Howell
(uncredited)
Anthony John
Child (uncredited)
Stratford Johns
Police Constable (uncredited)
Billy Lawrence
(uncredited)
Phyllis Morris
(uncredited)
Robert Raglan
Doorman at Grand Hotel (uncredited)
Philip Ray
Stallholder (uncredited)
Anthony Richmond
(uncredited)
Lynne Roberts
Maureen Owen
Delene Scott
(uncredited)
Cyril Shaps
Hairdresser (uncredited)
Jack Sharp
Mechanic (uncredited)
Leonard Sharp
Spectator at Fire (uncredited)
Leslie Slysz
(uncredited)
James Sutherland
(uncredited)
Gareth Tandy
(uncredited)
John Tatham
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Anne Tirard
(uncredited)
Dervis Ward
Constable (uncredited)
Kathleen Williams
(uncredited)
Lynn Williams
(uncredited)