Pinkie Brown is a small-town hoodlum whose gang runs a protection racket based at Brighton race course. When Pinkie murders a journalist called Fred Hale whom he believes is responsible for...
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| Richard Attenborough | ... | Pinkie Brown | |
| Hermione Baddeley | ... | Ida Arnold | |
| William Hartnell | ... | Dallow | |
| Harcourt Williams | ... | Prewitt | |
| Wylie Watson | ... | Spicer | |
| Nigel Stock | ... | Cubitt | |
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Virginia Winter | ... | Judy |
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Reginald Purdell | ... | Frank |
| George Carney | ... | Phil Corkery | |
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Charles Goldner | ... | Colleoni |
| Alan Wheatley | ... | Fred Hale | |
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Carol Marsh | ... | Rose |
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Lina Barrie | ... | Molly |
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Joan Sterndale-Bennett | ... | Delia |
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Harry Ross | ... | Brewer |
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Pinkie Brown is a small-town hoodlum whose gang runs a protection racket based at Brighton race course. When Pinkie murders a journalist called Fred Hale whom he believes is responsible for the death of a fellow gang-member, the police believe it to be suicide. This doesn't convince Ida Arnold, who was with Fred just before he died, and she sets out to find the truth. She comes across naive waitress Rose, who can prove that Fred was murdered. In an attempt to keep Rose quiet Pinkie marries her. But with his gang beginning to doubt his ability, and his rivals taking over his business, Pinkie starts to become more desperate and violent. Written by measham
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UKLanguage:
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21 September 1948 (France) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend USA:
$10,626, 21 June 2009, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$223,887, 30 October 2011Company Credits
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(uncredited)
Music by John Addison
Lyrics by Gerard Bryant
Sung by Hermione Baddeley and the promenade employees
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The Prewitts were married in 1910. See more »Goofs
As Fred Hale (Alan Wheatley) makes his abortive run away from Pinkie's gang to the railway station in the centre of Brighton, when he sees his way blocked he turns and catches a number 40 bus leaving from the bus stand. The next shot shows the bus leaving - except that it's now a number 6. See more »Quotes
Ida: Now listen, dear. I'm human, I've loved a boy or two in my time. It's natural, like breathin'. Not one of them's worth it, let alone this fellow you've got hold of.See more »
Crazy Credits
Opening credits prologue: Brighton today is a large, jolly, friendly seaside town in Sussex, exactly one hour's journey from London. But in the years between the two wars, behind the Regency terraces and crowded beaches, there was another Brighton of dark alleyways and festering slums. From here, the poison of crime and violence and gang warfare began to spread, until the challenge was taken up by the Police. This is a story of that other Brighton - now happily no more. See more »Soundtracks
Hello Hello!(uncredited)
Music by John Addison
Lyrics by Gerard Bryant
Sung by Hermione Baddeley and the promenade employees
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Very strong thriller from the Boulting brothers with a cracking performance from Dickie Attenborough as the starey-eyed Pinkie, and William Hartnell looking young(ish) and spry as his friend, henchman and conscience Dallow. Lacking some of the book's depth and darkness, but staying surprisingly faithful to many important plot points, the pace is electric and the players all excellent. The sticky squalor and roughness of the town and the time are vividly realised, and Pinkie is about as bad as they come. One of the great British thrillers, and for those familiar with the book, check out the sweet, ingenious ending.