Young scarface (Brighton rock)

Arriving in town on a publicity stunt is newspaper journalist 'Kolley Kibber'. Kibber - actually Fred Hale - had been responsible for the death of Brighton gang leader Kite. When the gang's new leader, 17-year-old Pinkie Brown, gets wind of Fred's visit, the journalist panics. Pinkie ruthlessly kills Fred, pushing him from the pier. Driven by paranoia, a hunger for power and a share of deranged Catholic self-loathing, the psychotic Pinkie will go to any lengths to cover his tracks. He plans to marry a witness, Rose, who could give the game away, wooing the naive young girl with his edgy charms. He has no qualms about dishing out retribution to members of his gang who he considers weak. Meanwhile, Ida, a self-possessed entertainer who had spent a brief time with the murdered man, refuses to accept the police explanation of his death and sets about investigating.
A brilliantly constructed masterpiece, evocatively set amid the lurid attractions and unfamiliar, grim backstreets of a pre-war English seaside resort.