Green for Danger (film)
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 Green for Danger film poster |
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| Directed by | Sidney Gilliat |
| Produced by | Frank Launder Sidney Gilliat |
| Written by | Christianna Brand (novel) Sidney Gilliat Claud Gurney |
| Starring | Alastair Sim Leo Genn Sally Gray Trevor Howard |
| Music by | William Alwyn |
| Cinematography | Wilkie Cooper |
| Editing by | Thelma Myers |
| Distributed by | General Film Distributors Ltd. |
| Release date(s) | 1946 |
| Running time | 91 min. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Green for Danger is a 1946 British thriller film, based on the popular 1944 detective novel by Christianna Brand.
The book Green for Danger was praised for its clever plot, interesting characters, and wartime hospital setting. The film version, starring Alastair Sim and Trevor Howard, with Sally Gray and Rosamund John, was directed by Sidney Gilliat. The film was shot at Pinewood Studios in England. The title is a reference to the colour coding used on anaesthetists' gas bottles.
[edit] Plot
Set in August 1944 during the V-1 Doodlebug offensive on London, a murder takes place in Heron's Park Emergency Hospital, a rural British hospital somewhere in the Southeast of England. Joseph Higgins (Marriot) dies on the operating table after being injured by a flying bomb. The anaesthetist, Barney Barnes (Howard), has had a patient die in similar circumstances previously. Inspector Cockrill is asked to investigate when Sister Bates (Campbell) is killed after revealing that the death of Higgins was not an accident. Cockrill states at one point "My presence lay over the hospital like a pall - I found it all tremendously enjoyable." Cockrill's investigation is hampered by the conflict between Barnes and Eden (Genn) because of their competition over the affections of nurse Freddi (Gray). After another murder attempt leaves Freddi supposedly dangerously ill, he restages the operation in order to unmask the murderer.
[edit] Cast
- Sally Gray as Nurse Frederica 'Freddi' Linley
- Trevor Howard as Dr. Barney Barnes
- Rosamund John as Nurse Esther Sanson
- Alastair Sim as Inspector Cockrill
- Leo Genn as Mr. Eden
- Judy Campbell as Sister Marion Bates
- Megs Jenkins as Nurse Woods
- Moore Marriott as Joseph Higgins (the Postman)
- Henry Edwards as Mr. Purdy
- Ronald Adam as Dr. White
- George Woodbridge as Detective Sergeant Hendricks
- Wendy Thompson as Sister Carter
- John Rae as The Porter
- Frank Ling as Rescue Worker
