Violent Playground

EVERY CITY HAS ITS DANGEROUS YOUTH. Stark, explosive drama - as the camera lays bare the heart of a big city and probe the secrets of its Violent Playground.

A Liverpool juvenile liaison officer struggles with a young and dangerous pyromaniac.

Crime Drama

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)

Freddie Starr

(Tommy)

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))

John H. Watson