No Trees in the Street (1959)
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.
Director: J. Lee Thompson
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Sylvia Syms as Hetty |
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Herbert Lom as Wilkie |
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Melvyn Hayes as Tommy |
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Ronald Howard as Frank |
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Stanley Holloway as Kipper |
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Joan Miller as Jess |
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Carole Lesley as Lova |
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Lana Morris as Marge |
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Liam Redmond as Bill |
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Lily Kann as Sarah Jacobson |
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Marianne Stone as Mrs Jokel |
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David Hemmings as Kenny |
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Edwin Richfield as Jackie |
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Campbell Singer as Inspector |
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Lloyd Lamble as Police Superintendent |
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Richard Shaw as Reg |
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Rita Webb as Mrs Brown |
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Fred Griffiths as Street Orator |
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Victor Brooks as Bookie's Clerk |
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Billy Lawrence as (uncredited) |
| Editing | Richard Best | Editor |
| Directing | J. Lee Thompson | Director |
| Writing | Ted Willis | Writer |
| Art | Robert Jones | Art Direction |
| Camera | Gilbert Taylor | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Laurie Johnson | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Frank Godwin | Producer |
| Production | Robert Lennard | Casting |
| Camera | Val Stewart | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Polly Young | Hairstylist |
| Directing | Ross MacKenzie | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eric Aylott | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Len Shilton | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Norman Coggs | Sound Recordist |
