Brighton Rock

Brighton Rock

92 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller | Jan. 9, 1948

Centring on the activities of a gang of assorted criminals and, in particular, their leader – a vicious young hoodlum known as "Pinkie" – the film's main thematic concern is the criminal underbelly evident in inter-war Brighton.

Brighton Rock

92 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller | Jan. 9, 1948

Brighton Rock
Centring on the activities of a gang of assorted criminals and, in particular, their leader – a vicious young hoodlum known as "Pinkie" – the film's main thematic concern is the criminal underbelly evident in inter-war Brighton.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Associated British Picture Corporation, Charter Film Productions
Original title Brighton Rock
Directors Gerry Mitchell, John Boulting
Writers Terence Rattigan, Graham Greene

Cast

Richard Attenborough

as Pinkie Brown

Hermione Baddeley

as Ida Arnold

William Hartnell

as Dallow

Nigel Stock

as Cubitt

Wylie Watson

as Spicer

Carol Marsh

as Rose Brown

Harcourt Williams

as Prewitt

Virginia Winter

as Judy

Reginald Purdell

as Frank

George Carney

as Phil Corkery

Charles Goldner

as Colleoni

Alan Wheatley

as Fred Hale

Lina Barrie

as Molly

Harry Ross

as Brewer

Campbell Copelin

as Police Inspector

Marianne Stone

as Waitress

Norman Watson

as Racecourse Evangelist

Constance Smith

as Singer (uncredited)

Pamela Cundell

as Pierrot Artiste