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Brighton Rock

Great British Icons • Thriller, UR

Richard Attenborough is unforgettable as ‘Pinkie’, the brutal gangster who seduces and grooms a simple waitress, Rose (Carol Marsh) in the belief that she could incriminate him in a murder.

Tags
Crime, Seduction, Gangs
Cast
Richard Attenborough Pinkie Brown
Hermione Baddeley Ida Arnold
William Hartnell Dallow
Crew
John Boulting director

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