Introduction

A film adaptation of the masterpiece by Graham Greene. Set in the southern English resort of Brighton, it centers around a false relationship of a delinquent boy and an innocent girl, portraying love and betrayal. Note Sam Riley's performance, who left a vivid impression in Control.

Synopsis

Brighton, 1964. Organized crime has moved into this sleepy English seaside town. Ambitious young gangster Pinkie Brown is determined to stop other gangs taking over his patch, but when he kills a rival, vital evidence falls into the innocent hands of a young waitress, Rose. Pinkie seduces Rose to stop her talking, but her employer, Ida, takes an infuriatingly close interest in the case. A year before the abolition of the death penalty, can Pinkie trust Rose not to betray him and can Rose trust Pinkie not to make her his next victim?