

108 minutes
1/14/1958
A Liverpool juvenile liaison officer struggles with a young and dangerous pyromaniac.

Stanley Baker
as Detective Sergeant Jack Truman

Anne Heywood
as Cathie Murphy

David McCallum
as Johnnie Murphy

Peter Cushing
as Father Laidlaw

John Slater
as Sgt. Walker

Clifford Evans
as Headmaster Evans

Moultrie Kelsall
as Superintendent

George A. Cooper
as Chief Inspector
Brona Boland
as Mary Murphy
Fergal Boland
as Patrick Murphy

Michael Chow
as Alexander

Tsai Chin
as Primrose

Sean Lynch
as Slick
Bernice Swanson
as Meg

Freddie Starr
as Tommy

Sheila Raynor
as Mrs. Catlin
Christopher Cooke
as David Catlin
Irene Arnold
as Mrs. Baker
Oonagh Quinn
as Jilly Baker
Ali Allen
as Boy (uncredited)

Grace Arnold
as Customer in Grocer's Shop (uncredited)
John Boxer
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Jeremy Bulloch
as Pageboy at Hotel (uncredited)
John Bush
as (uncredited)
Michael Collins
as Police Officer in Patrol Car (uncredited)
Keith Crane
as William (uncredited)
Gerrard Gibson
as (uncredited)
Victoria Harrington
as Child (uncredited)

Melvyn Hayes
as Kid in Johnnie's Gang (uncredited)
Lindsay Hooper
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Robert Howell
as (uncredited)
Anthony John
as Child (uncredited)

Stratford Johns
as Police Constable (uncredited)
Billy Lawrence
as (uncredited)
Phyllis Morris
as (uncredited)
Robert Raglan
as Doorman at Grand Hotel (uncredited)

Philip Ray
as Stallholder (uncredited)
Anthony Richmond
as (uncredited)

Lynne Roberts
as Maureen Owen
Delene Scott
as (uncredited)

Cyril Shaps
as Hairdresser (uncredited)
Jack Sharp
as Mechanic (uncredited)
Leonard Sharp
as Spectator at Fire (uncredited)
Leslie Slysz
as (uncredited)
James Sutherland
as (uncredited)
Gareth Tandy
as (uncredited)
John Tatham
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Anne Tirard
as (uncredited)
Dervis Ward
as Constable (uncredited)
Kathleen Williams
as (uncredited)
Lynn Williams
as (uncredited)
John H. Watson