"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
as Pinkie Brown
Hermione Baddeley
as Ida Arnold
William Hartnell
as Dallow
Nigel Stock
as Cubitt
Wylie Watson
as Spicer
Carol Marsh
as Rose Brown
Harcourt Williams
as Prewitt
Virginia Winter
as Judy
Reginald Purdell
as Frank
George Carney
as Phil Corkery
Charles Goldner
as Colleoni
Alan Wheatley
as Fred Hale
Lina Barrie
as Molly
Joan Sterndale-Bennett
as Delia
Harry Ross
as Brewer
Campbell Copelin
as Police Inspector
Marianne Stone
as Waitress
Norman Watson
as Racecourse Evangelist
Constance Smith
as Singer (uncredited)
Pamela Cundell
as Pierrot Artiste
Graham Greene
Screenplay
Harry Waxman
Director of Photography
Roy Boulting
Producer
Peter Graham Scott
Editor
John Boulting
Director
Novel
Hans May
Original Music Composer
Peter De Sarigny
Associate Producer
John Howell
Art Direction
Honoria Plesch
Costume Design
Gerry Mitchell
Assistant Director
Gerard Bryant
Production Manager
Bob Clark
Makeup Artist
John Addison
Music Arranger
Terence Rattigan
Gilbert Taylor
Camera Operator
Audrey Bennett
Sound Editor
Leslie Julian Jones
Songs
Conductor
F. McNally
Sound Recordist