Wylie Watson

Brighton Rock -- A desperate youth who is hell bent on clawing his way up through the ranks of organized crime.

Jamaica Inn -- In Cornwall, around 1800, a young woman discovers that she's living near a gang of criminals who arrange shipwrecks for profit.

When a lovely, young dancer named Janet Jones (Vera-Ellen) arrives at a Scottish film festival in the limo of a well-known rich man, jaws drop. Even though Jones had simply hitched a ride -- and never even met the millionaire -- rumor suddenly has it that she and he are having an affair. Meanwhile, Jones believes that the man courting her (David Niven) is a reporter when he's actually the millionaire!

The Anglo-American musicomedy Happy Go Lovely is set in Edinburgh, Scotland, during a major film festival. The gathered throngs are aghast when unknown dancer Janet Jones (Vera-Ellen) steps daintily from a limousine owned by a Scottish millionaire. A few miles earlier, the girl had thumbed a ride from the limo driver, but the public doesn't know this, and soon rumors are flying. Before she knows what has happened, Jones has become the festival's main attraction. She is also romanced by B.G. Bruno (David Niven), whom she assumes to be a reporter but who, of course, is the millionaire in disguise. Ostensibly a musical, Happy Go Lovely is limited to two songs, though both are performed con brio by the fabulous Vera-Ellen. The film was produced independently by N. P. Rathvon and released by Rathvon's former studio, RKO Radio. It was shot in black and white but is now reportedly only available in a colorized print. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi