Brighton Rock
performed by Queen

In 1964, Pinkie Brown, a sociopathic member of a Brighton gang, murders Charles Hale who has himself killed the gang leader, Kite. He befriends Rose, a young waitress who witnessed the gang's activity, to keep an eye on her. She falls in love with him. To prevent her being compelled to give evidence against him, he marries her. Ida (Rose's employer and a friend of Hale) takes it upon herself to save the girl from the monster she has married.

The novel is a murder thriller set in 1930s Brighton. The title is a reference to a confectionery traditionally sold at seaside resorts, used as a metaphor for human character.