Brighton Rock (1947 film)

Brighton Rock is a 1947 British film noir directed by John Boulting and starring Richard Attenborough as Pinkie reprising his breakthrough West End creation of the character some three years earlier, Carol Marsh as Rose, William Hartnell as Dallow and Hermione Baddeley as Ida.

This drama film centres on a gang of assorted criminals led by a psychopathic teenaged hoodlum known as Pinkie. The films reallife theme was the racetrack gangs of the 1930s, which fought public battles with straight razors in their competition to control crime at racecourses in southern England. One of these racecourses was at Brighton, a popular seaside resort.Greene and Terence Rattigan wrote the screenplay for the 1947 film adaptation, produced and directed by John and Roy Boulting, with assistant director Gerald Mitchell. The climax of the film takes place at the Palace Pier, which differs from the novel, the end of which takes place in the nearby town of Peacehaven. ........

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