The lead track from Morrissey's 1994 album Vauxhall and I features the names of several characters from Brighton Rock, Graham Greene's 1938 noir thriller about a violent teenage criminal: Dallow, Spicer, Pinkie, Cubitt. However, it appears that Morrissey came to the novel via the film version. According to a note on the web site Wor(l)d of Morrissey, "Dallow, Spicer, Pinkie, Cubitt are all characters of Brighton Rock, a 1947 movie directed by John Boulting and taken from Graham Greene's homonymous novel."
Submitted by Ron Hogan
Submitted by Ron Hogan
