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The Flaming Urge

The Flaming Urge

Harold Ericson

1953

  • Crime
7.0

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

Cast & crew

  • Harold EricsonDirector
  • Harold Lloyd Jr.Tom Smith
  • Cathy DownsCharlotte Cruickshank
  • Byron FoulgerA. Horace Pender
  • Jonathan HaleMr. Chalmers
  • Florence LakeMrs. Binger
  • Bob HughesFrank
  • Herbert RawlinsonHerb - Fire Chief
  • Pierre WatkinAlbert Cruickshank

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