The Flaming Urge (1953)
68 min
A pyromaniac tries to fight his obsession with fire. This movie uses the pyromaniac urge as an extraordinarily transparent metaphor for homosexuality.
- Release date
- September 27, 1953
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Raoul Kraushaar
Cast
- Harold Lloyd Jr. as Tom Smith
- Cathy Downs as Charlotte Cruickshank
- Byron Foulger as A. Horace Pender
- Jonathan Hale as Mr. Chalmers
- Bob Hughes as Frank
- Florence Lake as Mrs. Binger
- Herbert Rawlinson as Herb - Fire Chief
- Pierre Watkin as Albert Cruickshank
- Barbara Wooddell as Mrs. Cruickshank
- Johnny Duncan as Ralph Jarvis
Crew
- Harold Ericson · Director
- Harold Ericson · Writer
- Ray Pierson · Writer
- Ray Pierson · Producer
- Raoul Kraushaar · Composer
- Clark Ramsey · Cinematographer
- Maurice Kline · Editor