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Cast

Richard Attenborough
as Pinkie Brown

Hermione Baddeley
as Ida Arnold

William Hartnell
as Dallow

Carol Marsh
as Rose Brown

Nigel Stock
as Cubitt

Wylie Watson
as Spicer

Harcourt Williams
as Prewitt

Alan Wheatley
as Fred Hale

George Carney
as Phil Corkery

Charles Goldner
as Colleoni

Reginald Purdell
as Frank

Norman Griffiths and Orch.

Constance Smith

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• Jan 09, 2010

  Not as good as I thought it would be
  Brody M Super Reviewer
• Sep 05, 2009

  good old fashioned gangster reel with an english mob and some italians vying for territory. richard attenborough is the dogs meat n' two veg as pinky
  Sanity Assassin ! Super Reviewer
• Sep 01, 2009

  "Brighton Rock" starts with gangster Pinkie Brown(Richard Attenborough) hearing that Fred Hale(Alan Wheatley), a reporter responsible for outing a member of his gang and therefore getting him killed, is back in town. Pinkie and his guys corner him in a bar which leads to a chase through Brighton, eventually leading to the pier where Fred attaches himself to Ida(Hermione Baddeley), a boozy chanteuse, for safety. But in the time he loses her, Pinkie finds him and finishes the job. Even though the police do not suspect foul play, Pinkie cannot rest easily, making the acquaintance of Rose(Carol Marsh), a young waitress, to perfect the alibi. "Brighton Rock" is an atmospheric thriller that is helped by a superb performance from Richard Attenborough as a gangster struggling to hold onto his turf between the wars. As the opening statement says, this was a period of high crime in Brighton that existed until the police stepped in. And as one policeman tells Pinkie, he does not care that the criminals kill each other but will intervene when innocent bystanders are threatened. As one, Rose is rather naive but she is only seventeen, about the same age of Pinkie, and has little knowledge of the way the world works. In contrast, Ida is older and wiser and cannot be easily fooled, running her own investigation. So, in the end, crime goes down once the citizens take control of the city, making Brighton a safer, if more boring city.
  Walter M Super Reviewer
• Aug 08, 2009

  Well-done Brit gangster flick in the style of Little Caesar and Public Enemy. Richard Attenborough is creepy as hell as the cold-blooded sociopath Pinky who lets a smitten waitress in on that he killed someone and then marries her so she can't rat on him. Attenborough will chill your spine with his performance -- brilliant move on his part to have his character NEVER blink -- and Hermione Baddeley is fun as the woman who was last with the man who is said to have committed suicide but she believes Pinky hit. This is my first Brit gangster film, and I'll have to seek out more them.
  Cindy I Super Reviewer

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