

Brighton Rock
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.
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- Language
- English
- waitress
- revenge
- film noir
- brighton, england
- black and white
- british noir
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United StatesUS
- Theatrical (limited)New York City7 Nov 1951
United KingdomGB
- PremiereBrighton8 Jan 1948
- Theatrical (limited)London9 Jan 1948
FranceFR
- Theatrical21 Sept 1948
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Brighton Rock was released on 9 January 1948.
Audience reviews
2- J10/10
John Chard
11/2/2013
Of course it’s true, these atheists don’t know nothing. Brighton Rock is directed by John Boulting and written by Graham Greene (also 1938 novel) and Terence Rattigan. Produced by Roy Boulting, it stars Richard Attenborough, Carol Marsh, William Hartnell, Hermione Baddeley, Harcourt Williams and Wylie Watson. Music is scored by Hans May and cinematography is by Harry Waxman. Plot finds Attenborough as small time …
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
7/26/2023
Richard Attenborough and William Hartnell are both at the top of their game with this edgy and gritty adaptation of Graham Greene's novel of small-time, seaside, thuggery. The former is "Pinkie", the leader of a group of glorified ruffians who finds himself being chased by the police and just about everyone else following his revenge killing of a journalist whom he thought topped one of his gang. Hartnell is formidab…
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