A sadistic and calculating gangster who serves as the film's primary antagonist. He maintains control through violence, orders hits on rivals and law enforcement, and hides his wife Alicia. He orchestrates betrayals, eliminates his own men with a bomb, kidnaps Susan Lowell, and is ultimately arrested by Diamond after a tense hangar shootout.
Susan is trapped in a controlling and toxic relationship with the sadistic gangster.
The central antagonistic force driving the narrative forward.
Brown exercises absolute authority over his violent subordinates.
Brown relies on Mingo for enforcement and carries out his ruthless directives.
Rita becomes an innocent casualty of Brown's violent retaliation against Diamond.
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