References in Other Works
- Brighton Rock plays an important role in the storyline of protagonist Tom Henderson in the novel King Dork, by Frank Portman.
- Brighton Rock is the favourite film of the incompetent Inspector Steine (who played a big part in it) in the BBC Radio series Inspector Steine.
- The song "Now My Heart Is Full" by Morrissey references four of Brighton Rock's characters in its refrain ("Dallow, Spicer, Pinkie, Cubitt").
- A song on Queen's Sheer Heart Attack bears the same title as the novel.
- A two day rock concert entitled New Brighton Rock was staged in the seaside resort of New Brighton, Merseyside in May 1984, and later broadcast by Granada Television.
- In the first episode of Foyle's War, The German Lady, Andrew Foyle is seen reading Brighton Rock at his father's house just before leaving for military training. Detective Foyle later recommends the book to a prisoner, in the episode "The Hide."
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