Brighton Rock (1947 film)

Brighton Rock is a 1947 British, black-and-white, drama film, film directed by John Boulting and starring Richard Attenborough as Pinkie (reprising his breakthrough West End creation of the character some three years prior), The New York Times. Retrieved 6/14/09. Carol Marsh as Rose, William Hartnell as Dallow and Hermione Baddeley as Ida. It was produced by Ray Boulting and Charter Film Productions. The film was adapted from the 1938 novel, Brighton Rock by Graham Greene. In the United States, Brighton Rock was retitled Young Scarface.

Plot

This drama film centres 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.

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...
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