No Trees in the Street (Original title)
Date: 27 April 1959 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: J. Lee Thompson
Synopsis: The Martin family lives in a damp flat in a slum area and struggle to make ends meet. Wilkie, the local spiv is in love with the daughter, Hetty, and he gives her younger brother Tommy a job to try and win her over. Tommy gets in trouble with Wilkie and goes on the run, armed with a gun; Hetty gives in to Wilkie and they become a couple but when he sees her talking to the local policeman he turns against her. Tommy shoots an old woman and comes home where Hetty and Wilkie try and persuade him to give himself up but he is accidentally killed with his own gun. Hetty is seen years later, married to the policeman, and the slum has been demolished to make way for high rise flats.
Genre: Drama
Subject: Slums
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n8125 4 Mar 1959: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 11 Mar 1959
Title: [Variety - 11 Mar 1959: no known title]Language: English
In: Films and Filming v5 n6 March 1959 Page: 23
Title: [Films and Filming - v5 n6 March 1959: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v26 n302 March 1959 Page: 35
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v26 n302 March 1959: no known title]Language: English
In: Page: 18
Title: [ - : no known title]
Author: WILLIAMS, Melanie Pages: 244 p.
Date: 27 April 1959 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: J. Lee Thompson
Synopsis: The Martin family lives in a damp flat in a slum area and struggle to make ends meet. Wilkie, the local spiv is in love with the daughter, Hetty, and he gives her younger brother Tommy a job to try and win her over. Tommy gets in trouble with Wilkie and goes on the run, armed with a gun; Hetty gives in to Wilkie and they become a couple but when he sees her talking to the local policeman he turns against her. Tommy shoots an old woman and comes home where Hetty and Wilkie try and persuade him to give himself up but he is accidentally killed with his own gun. Hetty is seen years later, married to the policeman, and the slum has been demolished to make way for high rise flats.
Genre: Drama
Subject: Slums
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
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In: The Daily Cinema n8125 4 Mar 1959 Page: 12Title: [The Daily Cinema - n8125 4 Mar 1959: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 11 Mar 1959
Title: [Variety - 11 Mar 1959: no known title]Language: English
In: Films and Filming v5 n6 March 1959 Page: 23
Title: [Films and Filming - v5 n6 March 1959: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v26 n302 March 1959 Page: 35
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v26 n302 March 1959: no known title]Language: English
In: Page: 18
Title: [ - : no known title]
Books held in BFI Reuben Library
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Title: Prisoners of gender: women in the films of J. Lee Thompson: a new approach to British cinema of the 1950sAuthor: WILLIAMS, Melanie Pages: 244 p.