An adaptation of Graham Greene's classic novel about a small-town thug who marries a waitress who witnessed him murdering a rival in order to keep her quiet. 1964. Brighton, once a quiet seaside town, is suddenly overrun by gangs of sharp suited Mods and greasy Rockers looking for a riot. Pinkie Brown will stop at nothing to be the biggest name in the crime world - bigger than the competitor Colleoni. When he witnesses the vicious death of fellow Mod Kite, he is determined to kill the perpetrator Hale. Pinkie's ruthless and violent ambition takes over his mission and when he discovers that a waitress named Rose who works at Snows, a café run by Ida, is involved tangentially in the murders, Pinkie decides to court the plain Jane Rose, knowing that if he marries her she cannot testify against him should she discover Pinkie's guilt in the murders. Ida had a 'connection' with Hale and sees through the veils of deceit Pinkie is placing on the innocent Rose, and she and her longtime friend Phil undermine Pinkie's plans, but in vain...
An adaptation of Graham Greene's classic novel about a small-town thug who marries a waitress who witnessed him murdering a rival in order to keep her quiet.
1964. Brighton, once a quiet seaside town, is suddenly overrun by gangs of sharp suited Mods and greasy Rockers looking for a riot. Pinkie Brown will stop at nothing to be the biggest name in the crime world - bigger than the competitor Colleoni. When he witnesses the vicious death of fellow Mod Kite, he is determined to kill the perpetrator Hale. Pinkie's ruthless and violent ambition takes over his mission and when he discovers that a waitress named Rose who works at Snows, a café run by Ida, is involved tangentially in the murders, Pinkie decides to court the plain Jane Rose, knowing that if he marries her she cannot testify against him should she discover Pinkie's guilt in the murders. Ida had a 'connection' with Hale and sees through the veils of deceit Pinkie is placing on the innocent Rose, and she and her longtime friend Phil undermine Pinkie's plans, but in vain...