their leader – a vicious young hoodlum known as "Pinkie" – the film's main thematic concern is the criminal underbelly evident in inter-war Brighton.

Two razor-slashing gangs feud at a pre-World War II resort. Richard Attenborough, Hermione Baddeley, William Hartnell, Carol Marsh. Spicer: Wylie Watson. Prewitt: Harcourt Williams. Graham Greene ...

Graham Greene's classic British crime story starring Richard Attenborough. Pinkie is a small time gangster who tries to bump off a rival and cover it up. Can he get away with it?