27 September 1953 Crime 68 mins
A pyromaniac tries to fight his obsession with fire. This movie uses the pyromaniac urge as an extraordinarily transparent metaphor for homosexuality.
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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
Bob Hughes as Frank
Herbert Rawlinson as Herb - Fire Chief
Pierre Watkin as Albert Cruickshank
Johnny Duncan as Ralph Jarvis
Barbara Wooddell as Mrs. Cruickshank
Larry Barton as Used-Car Salesman
United States 27 September 1953
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