Brighton Rock (1948)
Brighton Rock is a 1948 crime movie directed by John Boulting, with a running time of 1h 32m. It stars Richard Attenborough, Hermione Baddeley and 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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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
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