Pinkie Brown (Richard Attenborough) is a small town hoodlum who's gang run a protection racket based at Brighton race course. When Pinkie orders the murder of a rival, Fred (Alan Wheatley), the police believe it to be suicide. This doesn't convince Ida Arnold (Hermione Baddeley), who was with Fred just before he died, and she sets out to find the truth. She comes across naive waitress Rose (Carol Marsh), who can prove that Fred was murdered. In an attempt to keep Rose quiet Pinkie marries her. But with his gang beginning to doubt his ability, and his rivals taking over his business, Pinkie starts to become more desperate and violent.
| Release Date: | Dec 1947 |
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| Genre: | Thriller / Film-Noir / Drama / Crime |
| Cast: | Richard Attenborough (Pinkie Brown), Carol Marsh (Rose Brown), Hermione Baddeley (Ida Arnold), William Hartnell (Dallow), Harcourt Williams (Prewitt), Wylie Watson (Spicer), Nigel Stock (Cubitt), Victoria Winter (Judy), Reginald Purdell (Frank), George Carney (Phil Corkery), Charles Goldner (Colleoni), Alan Wheatley (Fred Hale), Lina Barrie (Molly), Joan Sterndale-Bennett (Delia), Harry Ross (Bill Brewer), Campbell Copelin (Police Inspector), Marianne Stone (Lazy Waitress (as Mary Stone)), Norman Watson (Racecourse Evangelist), Michael Brennan (Crabbe (uncredited)), Cyril Chamberlain (Detective (uncredited)), Basil Cunard (Jim (uncredited)), Philip Godfrey ((uncredited)), Jackie Joyner ((uncredited)), Shirley Lorimer (Shirley (uncredited)), Barbara Lott ((uncredited)), Diana Maddox ((uncredited)), John Martel (The Tail (uncredited)), Daphne Newton (Manageress (uncredited)), Wally Patch (Bill (uncredited)), Ronald Shiner (Look-out (uncredited)), Constance Smith (Singer (uncredited)), Anna Steele (Mother superior (uncredited)), H.G. Stoker (Registrar (uncredited)) |