Centring 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.
Richard Attenborough | Pinkie Brown |
Hermione Baddeley | Ida Arnold |
William Hartnell | Dallow |
Nigel Stock | Cubitt |
Wylie Watson | Spicer |
Carol Marsh | Rose Brown |
Harcourt Williams | Prewitt |
Virginia Winter | Judy |
Reginald Purdell | Frank |
George Carney | Phil Corkery |
Charles Goldner | Colleoni |
Alan Wheatley | Fred Hale |