The Flaming Urge

September. 27,1953      NR
Rating:
5.8
Trailer Synopsis Cast

A pyromaniac tries to fight his obsession with fire. This movie uses the pyromaniac urge as an extraordinarily transparent metaphor for homosexuality.

Harold Lloyd Jr. as  Tom Smith
Cathy Downs as  Charlotte Cruickshank
Byron Foulger as  A. Horace Pender
Jonathan Hale as  Mr. Chalmers
Florence Lake as  Mrs. Binger
Herbert Rawlinson as  Herb - Fire Chief
Pierre Watkin as  Albert Cruickshank
Johnny Duncan as  Ralph Jarvis

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