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Brighton Rock

Brighton Rock

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Summary

Crime drama based on Graham Greene's novel, starring Richard Attenborough, Hermione Baddeley and William Hartnell. Daily Messenger journalist Kolley Kibber arrives in Brighton, where his paper is offering a cash prize to the first member of the public to spot him. However, the members of a gang led by ruthless delinquent Pinkie Brown believe he murdered one of their number and are hot on his trail.

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Review

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

David Parkinson

Released in America as Young Scarface, this is one of the most sinister crime films ever made in Britain and, but for several cuts by the censor, it would also have been one of the most shocking. However, Graham Greene, scripting from his own novel (not in collaboration with Terence Rattigan as many sources state), also drew some of the film's teeth by allowing gullible waitress Rose the faint hope that her malicious husband might love her after all - a contrivance that was given a glutinously spiritual slant by director John Boulting. Richard Attenborough (as Pinkie the teenage gangster) turns in the best performance of his career, and he is magnificently supported by William Hartnell and the underrated Carol Marsh as Rose.

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7.2/10

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Cast

rolenamePinkie BrownRichard AttenboroughIda ArnoldHermione BaddeleyDallowWilliam HartnellRoseCarol MarshCubittNigel StockSpicerWylie WatsonPrewittHarcourt WilliamsFred Hale / Kolley KibberAlan WheatleyPhil CorkeryGeorge CarneyColleoniCharles GoldnerJudyVirginia WinterFrankReginald Purdell

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rolenameDirectorJohn Boulting

Details

Theatrical distributor

BFI

Released on

2002-05-17

Languages

English

Guidance

Some violence.

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Black and white

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