I was a teenager when I saw this when it first came out in the late 40s, and will never forget Richard Attenborough's performance as evil personnified, with a baby face......
I remember seeing the movie Brighton Rock in the late 40s, Richard Attenborough played the most despicable character.........and this particular piece, though so upbeat, had very dark undertones in its context..
I was a teenager in the 40s and these songs bring back so many memories, wartime dances, meeting boys who never came home, everything seemed larger than life...we knew all the words to these songs...
Now that is the grandfather of rap!