
Brighton Rock(2010)
Charts the headlong fall of Pinkie, a razor-wielding disadvantaged teenager with a religious death wish.


“Graham Greene's Shocking Thriller of the RAZOR GANGS!”
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.

Richard Attenborough
Pinkie Brown

Hermione Baddeley
Ida Arnold

William Hartnell
Dallow
Nigel Stock
Cubitt

Wylie Watson
Spicer

Carol Marsh
Rose Brown

Harcourt Williams
Prewitt

Virginia Winter
Judy

Reginald Purdell
Frank

George Carney
Phil Corkery
Brighton Rock is a crime, drama, thriller film released in 1948 exploring themes of waitress, revenge, film noir, brighton, england, black and white, british noir. Directed by John Boulting, it stars Richard Attenborough, Hermione Baddeley, William Hartnell. 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.
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