Yellow Canary (1944)
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The Yellow Canary was one of several wartime collaborations between British producer-director Herbert Wilcox and Hollywood's RKO Radio Pictures. The film stars Wilcox's wife Anna Neagle as pretty aristocrat Sally Maitland. Having alienated many of her friends with her prewar Nazi sympathies,… More The Yellow Canary was one of several wartime collaborations between British producer-director Herbert Wilcox and Hollywood's RKO Radio Pictures. The film stars Wilcox's wife Anna Neagle as pretty aristocrat Sally Maitland. Having alienated many of her friends with her prewar Nazi sympathies, Sally continues hobnobbing with the Third Reich once war has been declared. Actually, her pro-German activities are a sham; she's actually working hand and glove with the British government to smash an Axis spy ring in Canada. Along for the ride is British intelligence officer Jim Garrick (Richard Greene), who ultimately falls in love with Sally. There's a "mystery" angle to the plotline of The Yellow Canary, but it is largely ignored when the story takes a melodramatic turn in the last few reels. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Herbert Wilcox
- Written By
- Miles Malleson
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense
Unrated,
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
A better-than-average wartime melodrama.
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Cast
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Anna Neagle
as Sally Maitland
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Richard Greene
as Jim Garrick
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Nova Pilbeam
as Betty Maitland
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Albert Lieven
as Jan Orlock
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Lucie Mannheim
as Mme. Orlock
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Margaret Rutherford
as Mrs. Towcester
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Patric Curwen
as Sir William Maitland
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Marjorie Fielding
as Lady Maitland
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Valentine Dyall
as German Commander
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David Horne
as Admiral
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Claude Bailey
as Maj. Fothergill
- Grace Allardyce
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Sybilla Binder
as Fifth Columnist
- Leslie Dwyer
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Franklin Dyall
as Captain
- Anthony Eustrel
- Ian Fleming
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Cyril Fletcher
as Himself
- John Longden
- Eliot Makeham
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Aubrey Mallalieu
as Reynolds
- Gordon McLeod
- MacDonald Parke
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George Thorpe
as Col. Hargreaves
- Clifford Buckton
- Edgar Driver
- Winifred Oughton
- Grizelda Hervey
- Gerry Wilmot
- David Ward
