Green For Danger
1946
When a postman is killed and his murderer dies on the operating table, it's up to Inspector Cockrill to figure out if there has been foul-play Read more
| Starring | Sally Gray, Alastair Sim, Trevor Howard, Rosamund John |
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| Director | Sydney Gilliat, Brian Large, Sidney Gilliat |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama |
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When a postman is killed and his murderer dies on the operating table, it's up to Inspector Cockrill to figure out if there has been foul-play
| Starring | Sally Gray, Alastair Sim, Trevor Howard, Rosamund John |
|---|---|
| Director | Sydney Gilliat, Brian Large, Sidney Gilliat |
| Studio | NETWORK |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 32 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: unknown Production year: 1946 |
| Format | DVD |
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This is the kind of brisk, bright and thoroughly engaging entertainment that the British film industry has, sadly, forgotten how to make. But, then again, there are no more Alastair Sims to transform a passage of jovial banter into a moment of nail-biting suspense simply by slowing that melancholy Scottish accent and lowering those expressive oyster eyes. Gone, too, are such expert character actors as Leo Genn, whose ability to portray heroes and villains alike deepened the mystery in whodunnits such as this one, in which a patient is murdered on the operating table. Sidney Gilliat directs with a deliciously dark wit.
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Two murders in a cottage hospital leave the surgeon, the anaesthetist and three attendant nurses as major suspects. But... read more on Time Out
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Mystery and suspense
Alastair Sim is the inspector; Trevor Howard is the anaesthetist; Rosamund John is the nurse on the verge of a nervous breakdown. The scene is a rural Tudor mansion converted to an emergency hospital for the duration of WW2. While German 'doodlebugs' (flying bombs) drone overhead, the nursing staff struggle to save the lives of those wounded in the last bombing raid. One of those wheeled in is the local postman (Moore Marriott); an operation is necessary, but no complications are expected. When he dies on the operating table, Sister Bates (Judy Campbell) believes it was murder. Then she is murdered too ... Although this black-and-white film is showing its age, this actually adds to the atmosphere of mystery and suspense. Every one of the operating staff is a suspect: the surgeon (Leo Genn) is competing with the anaesthetist for the affections of Nurse Freddi Linley (Sally Gray), while Nurse Woods (Megs Jenkins) may be a traitor. Alastair Sim wanders genially through the action, turning up wherever he is least expected, and adding a touch of light-hearted relief to the suspense. The whole is perhaps a little contrived, but makes a satisfactory evening's family viewing.
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Wry little comedy-thriller
Alastair Sim shines as droll Inspector Cockrill, investigating a string of murders at rural Heron's Park emergency hospital in 1944. Equally great is the script/direction from Sidney Gilliat: the whole film is atmospherically shot and hugely evocative of wartime life.
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