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.

• Charter Film Productions
• Associated British Picture Corporation
• Richard Attenborough
• Hermione Baddeley
• William Hartnell
• Nigel Stock
• Wylie Watson
• Carol Marsh
• Harcourt Williams
• Virginia Winter