Green Grow the Rushes (1951)
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Though Green Grow the Rushes has the look and feel of an Ealing comedy, the film was actually produced through the auspices of British Lion. The story takes place on the southern coast of England, where through a bureaucratic oversight a small patch of land in Kent is protected from outside legal… More Though Green Grow the Rushes has the look and feel of an Ealing comedy, the film was actually produced through the auspices of British Lion. The story takes place on the southern coast of England, where through a bureaucratic oversight a small patch of land in Kent is protected from outside legal intervention by an ancient charter. It is here that a group of liquor smugglers, headed by Captain Biddie (Roger Livesey), carries on its activities with impunity and with full cooperation of the regional politicians. The fun begins when a cargo of precious potables ends up in a duck pond owned by a local farmer, sparking an onslaught of governmental foolishness. Two future stars carry the slim romantic subplot in Green Grow the Rushes: Honor Blackman plays a well-meaning newspaper columnist, while Richard Burton shows up as a slovenly smuggler (this was Burton's final British film before his move to Hollywood). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Derek Twist
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1951 Wide
- Studio
- Criterion Collection
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Cast
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Roger Livesey
as Capt. Cedric Biddle
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Honor Blackman
as Meg Cuffley
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Richard Burton
as Robert "Bob" Hammond
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Frederick Leister
as Col. Gill
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John Salew
as Herbert Finch
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Colin Gordon
as Roderick Fisherwick
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Geoffrey Keen
as Spencer Prudhoe
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Cyril Smith
as Hubert Hewitt
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Eliot Makeham
as James Urquhart
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Jack McNaughton
as Rigby
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Vida Hope
as Polly
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Russell Waters
as Joseph Bainbridge Farmer
- Gilbert Davis
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Archie Duncan
as Constable Pettigrew
- Harold Goodwin
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Harcourt Williams
as Judge
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Bryan Forbes
as Fred Biddle Crew Member
- Arnold Ridley
- Betty Shale
- Henrik Jacobsen
- John Stamp
