A Cry from the Streets

1958 PG-13 1h 39m

7.1 / 10 8

RATING

7.1/10

YOUR RATING

Bittersweet story about London's unwanted children and the good people trying to help them. Ann is a social worker, while Bill is an electrician whose contract with the local care home introduces him to the children and Ann. Events start to escalate out of control when a child takes possession of a loaded gun.

Director Lewis Gilbert

Writers

Elizabeth Coxhead Vernon Harris

Stars

Barbara Murray Max Bygraves Dana Wilson

Barbara Murray

Ann Fairlie

Max Bygraves

William "Bill" David Lowther

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Geronimo1967 27 Mar 2022

6/10

This got a BAFTA nod for Best British Screenplay and you can easily see why. It is a gentle, almost nostalgic, reminder of how different society was in the UK 60 years ago. Barbara Murray ("Ann") is a social worker struggling to look after a collection of kids from a variety of disadvantaged backgrounds. She meets and falls for the kind, gentle, real-life crooner Max Bygraves ("Bill") who has some...