Twelve Films At Christmas - 3

As screen-writing credits go the combination of Graham Greene and Terence Rattigan takes a bit of beating. They are together responsible for the script of Brighton Rock, an adaptation for the screen of Greene's own novel. That novel made an appearance in this blog as part of the 2012 advent calendar. The haunting conclusion is changed in the film but that should not put you off what is a skilfully realised portrayal of low-life gangsterism. The film enjoys the accolade of being the only four star movie of 1947 in my edition of Halliwell. Cinematically taut as a drum and Richard Attenborough is suitably terrifying as Pinkie Brown, the teenage hoodlum at the film's centre. 86/100.