| Brighton Rock | |
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| Directed by | John Boulting |
| Produced by | Roy Boulting |
| Written by | Graham Greene (also novel) Terence Rattigan |
| Starring | Richard Attenborough Carol Marsh Hermione Baddeley |
| Music by | Hans May |
| Cinematography | Harry Waxman |
| Editing by | Peter Graham Scott |
| Distributed by | Charter Films |
| Release date(s) | December, 1947 |
| Running time | 92 min |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Brighton Rock is a 1947 British, black-and-white, drama film, film directed by John Boulting and starring Richard Attenborough as Pinkie (reprising his breakthrough West End creation of the character some three years prior),[1] Carol Marsh as Rose, William Hartnell as Dallow and Hermione Baddeley as Ida.[2] It was produced by Ray Boulting and Charter Film Productions. The film was adapted from the 1938 novel, Brighton Rock by Graham Greene. In the United States, Brighton Rock was retitled Young Scarface.
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This drama film centres 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.
Greene and Terence Rattigan wrote the screenplay for the 1947 film adaptation, produced and directed by John and Roy Boulting, with assistant director Gerald Mitchell. The climax of the film takes place at the Palace Pier, which differs from the novel, the end of which takes place in the nearby town of Peacehaven.
A new adaptation of the novel, written and directed by Rowan Joffe, was released in the United Kingdom on 4 February 2010. Joffe has moved the setting from the 1930s to the 1960s, during the mods and rockers era.[3][4]
The original film had a run at Film Forum in New York City June 19–26, 2009, and The New York Times previewed the revival, saying "both [Greene's] Catholicism and his movie-friendliness are in full cry in John Boulting’s terrific 1947 gangster picture."[5]
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