No Trees in the Street

A grim, grey trudge through pre-war slum life, heavy with poverty and quiet menace, relieved only by faint hope.

Directed by

J. Lee Thompson

Genres

Drama, Crime

Starring

Sylvia Syms, Herbert Lom, Melvyn Hayes

Tagline

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.

How it feels

Bleak, dark, melancholic and tense. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Crime, class, politics, family

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

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