Dick Barton at Bay
The Belle Tout lighthouse was used for Hammer Films adaptation of an adventure featuring the famous radio secret agent.
Author: Daniel
The First of the Few
David Niven stars in this studio-based film featuring footage of a dog-fight over the famous coastline.
Whoops Apocalypse
Scenes were filmed at Beachy Head for this World War II spoof starring Peter Cooke.
Hopscotch
Scenes were filmed at Beachy Head for this comedy about a retired CIA agent (Walter Matthau) writing his memoirs.
Hope Gap
Annette Benning and Bill Nighy star in a drama about a couple in the throes of divorce, filmed extensively in Seaford. Sweeping views of the town and beach combine with scenes set at the station,…
Summerland
Summerland was filmed on location throughout Sussex in 2018. Seaford Head and scenes looking back towards the Coastguard cottages and the Seven Sisters feature. Brighton Station was sent back in time for some scenes with…
Brighton Rock (2011)
Often a location cannot be used because it no longer looks historically correct. For example, the 2010 remake of Brighton Rock was filmed mostly in Eastbourne! This version relocated Graham Greene’s novel to the 1950s…
Brighton Rock (1947)
The clock tower, Brighton Palace Pier, the racecourse. Brighton station and the Lanes can all be glimpsed in this adaptation of Graham Greene’s novel. One man interested in the locations used in Brighton Rock is…
Half a Sixpence
Tommy Steel sings the theme tune on Eastbourne Pier in this musical adaptation of the H.G. Wells novel Kips. The cliffs around Birling Gap also feature in the opening titles.