Rowan Joffe writes and directs this adaptation of Graham Greene's novel. Updating the story from its original 1930s setting to the mid-1960s world of mods and rockers, the film stars Sam Riley as Pinkie Brown, a teenage gangster who seduces and marries young waitress Rose (Andrea Riseborough) after she stumbles upon evidence of a revenge killing carried out by him and his gang. Helen Mirren, John Hurt and Pete Postlethwaite co-star.
- Region Code:
- Region 2
- Duration:
- 89 minutes
- Extras:
- Language(s): English, Screen ratio 1:2.35, Dolby Digital 5.1, Commentary: Rowan Joffe (Director), Joe Walker (Editor), Documentaries: 'Mod or Rocker' Featurette, 'Reflections on the Boulting's Brighton Rock', 'Mods and Rockers (1964) - short film Directed by Kenneth Hume, Interviews: Cast and Crew, Making of Documentary, Alternative Opening Sequence Storyboard