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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.



Flame in the Streets (1961)
Released: 20 Dec 1961
Runtime: 93 min
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Writer(s): Ted Willis (screenplay), Ted Willis (story)
Actors: John Mills, Sylvia Syms, Brenda de Banzie, Earl Cameron
IMDB Ratings: 6.5



Plot: Flame in the Streets is a 1961 British drama film directed by Roy Ward Baker. Racial tensions manifest themselves at home, work and on the streets during Bonfire Night in the burgeoning West Indian community of early 1960s Britain. Trades union leader (Mills) fights for the rights of a black worker but struggles with the news that his own daughter is planning to marry a West Indian, much against his own logic and the prejudice of his wife.