The read
Critics rate it 22 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Centring 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.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes95%
Critics rate it 22 points higher than audiences do.
137 audience votes
Key crew
- Graham GreeneScreenplay
- John BoultingDirector
- Hans MayOriginal Music Composer
- Terence RattiganScreenplay
Cast
- Richard AttenboroughPinkie Brown
- Hermione BaddeleyIda Arnold
- William HartnellDallow
- Nigel StockCubitt
- Wylie WatsonSpicer
- Carol MarshRose Brown
- Harcourt WilliamsPrewitt
- Virginia WinterJudy
- Reginald PurdellFrank
- George CarneyPhil Corkery
- Charles GoldnerColleoni
- Alan WheatleyFred Hale
Stills
Themes
waitressrevengefilm noirbrighton, englandblack and whitebritish noir