Search results
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
Based on Graham Greene's novel, this film follows Pinkie Brown, a young gangster who kills a journalist and tries to escape the police and his rivals in Brighton. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more.
- (6.8K)
- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- John Boulting
- 1951-11-07
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 (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 ...
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.
Taken from Sheer Heart Attack, 1974.Sing along to 'Brighton Rock' with this official karaoke style Queen lyric video.Subscribe to the official Queen channel ...
- 5 min
- 10.2M
- Queen Official
People also ask
Is Brighton Rock based on a true story?
Why is it called Brighton Rock?
Is Brighton Rock a good film?
What is Brighton Rock by Graham Greene about?
Brighton Rock by Graham Greene begins with the news reporter Charles Hale drinking alone in Brighton on a tourist-choked holiday weekend. Hale, in Brighton as part of his newspaper’s “Kolley Kibber man” promotion, knows that Pinkie and his gang are after him for a story he wrote about Kite, the gang’s now deceased former leader.
