Brighton Rock Synopsis - Brighton Rock is set in the seaside town of Brighton, (a resort that Londoners come to at the weekend to let their hair down). The story centres around Pinkie Brown, a young and violent would-be gangster, who runs a gang who are operating amongst other scams, a protection racket at the local Horse racing stadium. When a rival gang start to encroach on the races Pinkie orders the murder of one of his rivals - Fred. Care is taken to make it look like suicide and the police seem to believe it to be suicide. But there is a problem - Ida, who was with Fred just before he died. Ida cant believe it was suicide and tries to find out what has happened. With the net closing in Pinkie needs to keep a false alibi sweet (a naive waitress Rose) by marrying her. But with Ida sniffing around, rival gangs looking to take over whilst Pinkie is trying to keep a low profile, this makes his own gang start to doubt whether he can still run the firm, and the pressure starts to mount on Pinkie - what can he do to get control back?