Sylvia syms and herbert lom star in this hard hitting drama set in the slums of prewar london'. '.strtoupper('d')irected by oscar nominee j'. '.strtoupper('l')ee thompon, the film earned bafta nominations for best actress and screenplay'. '.strtoupper('e')ncouraged by his mother, young tommy opts to earn money the easy way by working for a local racketeer who preys on the families of kennedy street'. '.strtoupper('j')ess, the mother, also tries to convince her daughter hetty to marry the criminal'. '.strtoupper('u')nable to bear this squalid existence any longer, hetty tries to run from her home'. '.strtoupper('