The Flaming Urge

1953 film
The Flaming Urge
Directed byHarold Ericson
Written byHarold Ericson (screenplay)
Harold Ericson (story)
Ray Pierson (story)
Produced byRichard L'Estrange (associate producer)
A.W. Hackel
Ray Pierson (producer)
StarringHarold Lloyd Jr.
Cathy Downs
CinematographyClark Ramsey
Edited byMaurice Kline
Music byRaoul Kraushaar
Distributed byA. W. Hackel Productions
Running time
68 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Flaming Urge (1953) is an American crime film directed by Harold Ericson.

Plot

A young man arrives in the small town of Monroe, Michigan where he finds a job in a department store. However he has an apparently irresistible urge to follow and observe fires. When there is a spate of arson attacks on the town, he becomes chief suspect.

Cast

  • Harold Lloyd Jr. as Tom Smith
  • Cathy Downs as Charlotte Cruickshank
  • Byron Foulger as A. Horace Pender
  • Jonathan Hale as Mr. Chalmers
  • Bob Hughes as Frank
  • Florence Lake as Mrs. Binger
  • Herbert Rawlinson as Herb, fire chief
  • Pierre Watkin as Albert Cruickshank
  • Barbara Woodell as Mrs. Cruickshank
  • Johnny Duncan as Ralph Jarvis

Soundtrack

External links

  • The Flaming Urge at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • The Flaming Urge is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive


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