The Flaming Urge

Name: The Flaming Urge
Genre: Crime
Released: 1953
Duration: 68 min

1953 · 68 min

Crime

★ 7.0

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A pyromaniac tries to fight his obsession with fire. This movie uses the pyromaniac urge as an extraordinarily transparent metaphor for homosexuality.

Crew

Director Harold Ericson
Writer Harold Ericson
Story Ray Pierson

Cast

Harold Lloyd Jr.
Tom Smith
Cathy Downs
Charlotte Cruickshank
Byron Foulger
A. Horace Pender
Jonathan Hale
Mr. Chalmers
Florence Lake
Mrs. Binger
B
Bob Hughes
Frank
Herbert Rawlinson
Herb - Fire Chief
Pierre Watkin
Albert Cruickshank
Johnny Duncan
Ralph Jarvis
B
Barbara Wooddell
Mrs. Cruickshank
L
Larry Barton
Used-Car Salesman

Crew

Director — Harold Ericson
Writer — Harold Ericson
Story — Ray Pierson

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