Brighton Rock (1948)

19481h 28mdir. John BoultingUnited Kingdomdrama filmcrime film

With Richard Attenborough, Hermione Baddeley, William Hartnell, Carol Marsh, Constance Smith, Harcourt Williams, Nigel Stock

Directed by John Boulting

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Brighton Rock (initially released in the United States as Young Scarface) is a 1948 British gangster film noir directed by John Boulting, produced Roy Boulting, and starring Richard Attenborough, Hermione Baddeley, William Hartnell and Carol Marsh in her film debut. It is based on the 1938 novel by Graham Greene, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Terence Rattigan, and its 1943 stage adaptation by Frank Harvey.

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