Violent Playground details
| Format: | PG DVD |
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| Starring: | David McCallum, Stanley Baker, Anne Heywood |
| Director: | Basil Dearden |
| Genre: | Drama - Crime, General |
| Studio: | SPIRIT ENTERTAINMENT |
| Name | Discs | |
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Violent Playground |
PG Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 48 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 16 Jan 2012 |
| Main languages: | English |
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Be afraid of Melvyn Hayes
By itstinks (681 reviews) from North of Reading , 01 Mar 2012[Highly rated reviewer]
A film trying to ramp up the fears of council gangs on the wild streets of Liverpool in the 50's.
Obviously the lessons weren't learnt.
Stanley Baker learns to stop his gruff policeman act when dealing with children although it helps they have a pretty older sister.
David McCallum tries to be the British James Dean but doesn't quite have the charisma or the dialogue for it and his gang includes a young Melvyn Hayes (for those who watched It ain't alf hot mum) looking as non-threatening as ever.
A nice film to watch some old scenes of Liverpool and the attitudes of the late 50's before the 60's arrived.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(2)Violent Playground (1958)
By DD from London , 10 Jul 2012The chief pleasure of this film comes from the authentic locations and view that it affords of 1950s Britain. The 'messages' are also interesting. On the one hand, there is the timeless conservative concern about the malign influence of the then dominant youth culture - rock n roll. The main scene here is a mesmeric one where a gang of thugs arouse them selves into a menacing stupor whilst dancing to some music. Another message is that social housing - presented as a cauldron of nascent chaos - breeds bad people. Added to that there are mostly solid production values and a good central performance from Mccallum. But the script is a stinker. Encrustations of cliches support unlikely coincidences and daft melodrama. It should have been a TV play of the week and was a waste of the talents involved.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Be afraid of Melvyn Hayes
By itstinks (681 reviews) from North of Reading , 01 Mar 2012[Highly rated reviewer]
A film trying to ramp up the fears of council gangs on the wild streets of Liverpool in the 50's.
Obviously the lessons weren't learnt.
Stanley Baker learns to stop his gruff policeman act when dealing with children although it helps they have a pretty older sister.
David McCallum tries to be the British James Dean but doesn't quite have the charisma or the dialogue for it and his gang includes a young Melvyn Hayes (for those who watched It ain't alf hot mum) looking as non-threatening as ever.
A nice film to watch some old scenes of Liverpool and the attitudes of the late 50's before the 60's arrived.- Was this review helpful to you?
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