Scores of famous films will be featured in a major new exhibition in the spring and summer.

Kiss and Kill: Film Versions of Brighton will be the first exhibition to be staged at Brighton Museum when it reopens on May 4 after a two-year renovation programme costing £10 million.

Brighton has featured on screen in more than 50 movies, ranging from Barbra Streisand's On a Clear Day You Can See Forever to Genevieve, the film about the Veteran Car Run starring Kenneth More.

Stars including Richard Attenborough, John Mills, Bob Hoskins, Joyce Grenfell, Ralph Richardson, Kenneth Williams and Liam Neeson have appeared in them.

There will be continuous showings of extracts from some of the films along with contemporary prints, photographs, newspapers and ephemera.

The sleazy side of Brighton is shown in Brighton Rock while youth culture is featured in Quadrophenia.

Its frivolous side is depicted in Carry On At Your Convenience while Richard III starring Ian McKellen was shot partly in the Royal Pavilion.

Oh! What a Lovely War was filmed extensively in Brighton with locations including the West Pier and Sheepcote Valley.

The exhibition, which will run until September 1, will be accompanied by an illustrated catalogue and will include a short new movie on Brighton by local film maker Joe Tunmer.