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Brighton Rock is a novel by Graham Greene, published in 1938 and later adapted for film and theatre. The novel is a murder thriller set in 1930s Brighton. The first of Greene's works to explore Catholic themes and moral issues, its treatment of class privilege and the problem of evil is paradoxical and ambivalent.
- Graham Greene
- 1938
Brighton Rock, novel of sin and redemption by Graham Greene, published in 1938 and filmed in 1947 and 2010. The two main characters in Greene’s gripping reflection on the nature of evil are the amateur detective Ida and the murderous Pinkie, a teenager and Roman Catholic who chooses hell over Heaven.
- Liam Connell
Brighton Rock is a 2010 British crime film written and directed by Rowan Joffé and loosely based on Graham Greene's 1938 novel of the same name. The film stars Sam Riley, Andrea Riseborough, Andy Serkis, John Hurt, Sean Harris and Helen Mirren.
A novel about a young gangster, Pinkie Brown, who tries to escape his past and his enemies in Brighton, England. Follow his encounters with a reporter, a waitress, a cop, and a mob boss in this classic crime story.
Brighton Rock (US: Young Scarface) is a 1948 British gangster film noir directed by John Boulting and starring Richard Attenborough as violent gang leader Pinkie Brown (reprising his West End role of three years earlier), Rose Brown (Carol Marsh) as the innocent girl he marries, and Ida Arnold (Hermione Baddeley) as an amateur sleuth ...
Based on Graham Greene's novel, the film follows Pinkie, a young gang leader who murders a journalist and marries a waitress in Brighton in 1935. The film features Richard Attenborough in his first leading role and was shot on location in the seaside town.
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Aug 24, 2011 · A film adaptation of Graham Greene's novel about a psychopathic gangster and a waitress he marries to silence her. The movie is dark and gloomy, but not as merciless as the book, according to the critic.
