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1950s drama in which a detective is reassigned to the position of Juvenile Liaison Officer for the city of Liverpool and sets about tackling youth crime. Truman (Stanley Baker) is initially unhappy with his new position, feeling that it will thwart his attempts to catch the arsonist doing a great deal of damage to the city. Things improve when he meets and falls in love with Cathie Murphy (Anne Heywood) through the misbehaviour of her younger siblings. However, the misdemeanours of the older brother of the Murphy family, Johnnie (David McCallum), are of a more serious nature and Truman will have to use all of his personal and policing skills to try and keep the family together.

Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. First time on DVD! Violent Playground is a 1958 film directed by Basil Dearden and starring Peter Cushing, Stanley Baker and David McCallum. It centres on a Liverpool street gang led by Johnny Murphy (McCallum). When local Juvenile Liaison Officer Sergeant Truman (Baker) visits the Murphy household, with the view that if you catch kids at an early age, they will end up being reseponsible adults. Truman becomes romantically involved with Johnny s sister and also finds considerable points of similarity between his previous investigations into the activities of an arsonist know as the Firefly and his investigation of Johnny. Actors Stanley Baker, Anne Heywood, David McCallum, Peter Cushing, John Slater, Clifford Evans, Moultrie Kelsall, George A. Cooper, Brona Boland, Fergal Boland, Michael Chow, Tsai Chin, Sean Lynch, Bernice Swanson & Nosher Powell Director Basil Dearden Certificate PG Year 1958 Languages English Duration 1 hour and 48 minutes (approx) Region Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players.