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Brighton Rock

1947, Movie, NR, 92 mins

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A brutal look at the British underworld--as seen through the amoral eyes of teenaged thug Pinkie Brown, played brilliantly by the 24 year-old Attenborough. In this adaptation of the popular Graham Greene novel, Pinkie heads a race track gang and commits a murder, using a pretty waitress (Marsh) as an alibi. Worried that she still might betray him, he marries the young woman, planning to kill her by driving her to suicide. His scheme eventually backfires in an ending which, t... read more leave a comment
The efficient and intriguing opening sequence to the Boulting Brothers' 1947 production of Brighton Rock, from the novel and screenplay by Graham Greene.
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Posted: 12/22/2008
Fred (Alan Wheatley) is abandoned by Ida (Hermione Baddeley) and caught by treacherous Pinkie (Richard Attenborough) among the beachside amusements in Brighton Rock, 1947, from Graham Greene's novel and screenplay.
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Fine location work by cameramen Harry Waxman and Gilbert Taylor as Fred (Alan Wheatley) is chased through the streets and boardwalks of Brighton by Pinkie (Richard Attenborough) and gang in Brighton Rock, 1947.
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Fred (Alan Wheatley) panics as Dallow (William Hartnell), Cubitt (Nigel Stock) and the dreaded Pinkie (Richard Attenborough) find him at a seaside pub in Brighton Rock, from Graham Greene's novel and screenplay.
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Posted: 12/22/2008
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Year: 1947
Rated NR

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Cast
Richard Attenborough: Pinkie Brown
Hermione Baddeley: Ida Arnold
William Hartnell: Dallow
Carol Marsh: Rose Brown
Nigel Stock: Cubitt
Wylie Watson: Spicer

 

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