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