The Flaming Urge

The Flaming Urge
Directed by	Harold Ericson
Written by	Harold Ericson (screenplay) Harold Ericson (story) Ray Pierson (story)
Produced by	Richard L'Estrange (associate producer) A.W. Hackel Ray Pierson (producer)
Starring	Harold Lloyd Jr. Cathy Downs
Cinematography	Clark Ramsey
Edited by	Maurice Kline
Music by	Raoul Kraushaar
Distributed by	A. W. Hackel Productions
Release date	1953 (1953)
Running time	68 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Flaming Urge is a 1953 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

External links

• The Flaming Urge at IMDb
• The Flaming Urge is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive