No Trees in the Street
"Kennedy Street: Where a girl learned about life - the hard way!"
Overview
Based on the play by Ted Willis, the film is set in the years just before World War II, when England hadn't completely dug itself out of the worldwide depression. Melvyn Hayes is featured as an aimless teenager, who tries to escape his squalid surroundings by entering a life of crime. He falls in with local hoodlum Herbert Lom, who holds the rest of the slum citizens in the grip of fear including Hayes' own family. No Trees in the Street chronicles Hayes' sordid progress from nickel-and-dime thefts to murder.
About No Trees in the Street (1959)
Released in 1959, No Trees in the Street is a drama and crime film from Allegro Film (United Kingdom). It was directed by J. Lee Thompson and written by Ted Willis. The cast is led by Sylvia Syms, Herbert Lom, Melvyn Hayes, Ronald Howard and Stanley Holloway. With a runtime of 1h 36m, the film averages 5.8/10 across 11 TMDB ratings.
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