The Flaming Urge
{{short description|1953 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Flaming Urge
| image = The Flaming Urge.jpg
| caption =
| director = Harold Ericson
| writer = Harold Ericson (screenplay)
Harold Ericson (story)
Ray Pierson (story)
| producer = Richard L'Estrange (associate producer)
A.W. Hackel
Ray Pierson (producer)
| starring = Harold Lloyd Jr.
Cathy Downs
| narrator =
| cinematography = Clark Ramsey
| editing = Maurice Kline
| music = Raoul Kraushaar
| distributor = A. W. Hackel Productions
| released =
| runtime = 68 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
The Flaming Urge (1953) is an American crime film directed by Harold Ericson.
Plot
A young man arrives in the small town of Monroe, Michigan where he finds a job in a department store. However he has an apparently irresistible urge to follow and observe fires. When there is a spate of arson attacks on the town, he becomes chief suspect.
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 Woodell as Mrs. Cruickshank
- Johnny Duncan as Ralph Jarvis
Soundtrack
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0045772|title=The Flaming Urge}}
- {{Internet Archive film|id=Flaming_Urge_1953|name=The Flaming Urge}}
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Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Harold Ericson
Category:Films scored by Raoul Kraushaar
Category:1950s English-language films
Category:English-language crime films
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