Jan 09, 1948
92 min
Full-HD

Brighton Rock (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.

Category

Crime Drama Thriller

Country

United Kingdom

Companies

Charter Film Productions Associated British Picture Corporation

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

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