BRIGHTON ROCK (1947)

JOHN BOULTING

Classics Gangster/Mob Literary Classics Nigel's Choice Drama Film Noir Thriller Recommended

Cast

RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH HERMIONE BADDELEY CATHY O'DONNELL WILLIAM HARTNELL GRAHAM GREENE

Plot

Brilliant noirish adaptation of Graham Greene's gritty novel with Attenborough superb as the psychopathic Pinky, a small time gangster and violent hood, who marries a witness to one of his crimes to keep her quiet. Disturbingly good.