Brighton Rock (the film)

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Anyone old enough to remember the filming of "Oh What a Lovely War" around Brighton circa 1968 ? I recall a whole hillside in Ovingdean being covered in white crosses - just for the closing sequence and Sheepcote Valley Tip doubling for the trenches on the Western Front. Also saw filming taking place at the end of the West Pier. Super film too if a bit surreal.

I went to Sheepcote Valley when they were picking out extras , IIRC they were paid 30s (£1.50) a day. I was only 8 at the time and still remember the stench that used to emanate from the rotting piles of rubbish.

 

[Nottseagull]

Don't 'do' black and white?

You have no idea what you are missing. Some excellent black and white films/tv programmes!!

Psycho, Tiger Bay and The Elephant Man come to mind.

 

[Storer68]

Anyone old enough to remember the filming of "Oh What a Lovely War" around Brighton circa 1968 ? I recall a whole hillside in Ovingdean being covered in white crosses - just for the closing sequence and Sheepcote Valley Tip doubling for the trenches on the Western Front. Also saw filming taking place at the end of the West Pier. Super film too if a bit surreal.

funniest bit is that a southdown double decker can be seen pootling along the skyline, during the Battle of the Somme! (well, Sheepcote valley!)

 

[Man of Harveys]

Psycho, Tiger Bay and The Elephant Man come to mind.

Raging Bull, King Kong, M...

 

[Albumen]

Along the same lines I saw a very early episode of The Saint (Roger Moore) that was filmed in Brighton and they flipped about so much I was fair dizzy by the time he got the girl.

Hehe.