Green for Danger (1946) (1947)
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80% of critics liked it
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81% of users liked it
(1,002 ratings)
At a World War II emergency hospital, a postman dues under anesthetic during a relatively minor operation. One of the nurses who was present announces that the man's death was no accident, but a murder -- and then she, too, is murdered. The police are called in, led by Inspector Cockrill… More At a World War II emergency hospital, a postman dues under anesthetic during a relatively minor operation. One of the nurses who was present announces that the man's death was no accident, but a murder -- and then she, too, is murdered. The police are called in, led by Inspector Cockrill (Alastair Sim) of Scotland Yard, and he soon determines that any one of the five surviving members of the surgical team might have had a motive for the murders. In the course of his investigation, he also uncovers an array of both eccentric and ugly personal information about most of those present, but no killer that he can ascertain for certain. He must finally draw the murderer out by putting one of the suspects at risk. In the midst of the suspense are moments of droll comedy, of the sort that one would expect from a movie made by the authors of The Lady Vanishes, along with a palpably rich late wartime atmosphere which, surprisingly, did not repel war-weary audiences on either side of the Altantic. Indeed, Sim is so beguilingly witty and charismatic in his eccentric way as Inspector Cockrill, that the wonder is that there was never a follow-up movie or even a series built around his character. ~ Bruce Eder, Rovi
- Directed By
- Sidney Gilliat
- Written By
- Christianna Brand, Sidney Gilliat, Claud Gurney
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
PG,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1946 Wide
- On DVD
- Feb 13, 2007
- Studio
- Eagle-Lion Distributors Limite
Critic Reviews
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Variety Staff, Variety
The plot is too laboriously constructed, and the reason for the murders appears too incredible.
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, Time Out
One of Launder and Gilliat's most likeable films.
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Thomas M. Pryor, New York Times
Green For Danger will give the aisleside sleuths a better workout than they have had for months and it also will rest easily with those who are content just to sit back and let the story resolve itself.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Loved this first-rate Brit whodunit that's set in an emergency cottage hospital during WWII.
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Jay Antani, Filmcritic.com
the quintessential British murder mystery of the period.
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Cast
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Alastair Sim
as Inspector Cockrill
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Leo Genn
as Mr. Eden
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Trevor Howard
as Dr. Barney Barnes
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Sally Gray
as Nurse Linley
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Rosamund John
as Esther Sanson
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Judy Campbell
as Marion Bates
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Henry Edwards
as Mr. Purdy
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Ronald Adam
as Dr. White
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Moore Marriott
as Joe Higgins
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Megs Jenkins
as Nurse Woods
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George Woodbridge
as Sgt. Hendricks
- Hattie Jacques
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John Rae
as The Porter
- Ronald Ward
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Frank Ling
as Rescue Worker
