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
Hermione Baddeley
William Hartnell
Nigel Stock
Wylie Watson
Carol Marsh
Harcourt Williams
Virginia Winter
Reginald Purdell
George Carney
Charles Goldner
Alan Wheatley
Lina Barrie
Joan Sterndale-Bennett
Harry Ross
Campbell Copelin
Marianne Stone
Norman Watson
Constance Smith
Pamela Cundell