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The Boy With Green Hair Details

1942

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Peter Frye, a war orphan whose parents have been killed in an air raid, wakes up one morning to find his hair has turned green. He meets with bitter prejudice and hatred from his fellow citizens, yet continues to express a belief that came to him in a vision: all wars must stop. An interesting parable and social commentary, .. Read more

Starring	Robert Ryan, Barbara Hale
Director	Joseph Losey
Genres	Drama

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The Boy With Green Hair

Starring	Robert Ryan, Barbara Hale
Director	Joseph Losey
Studio	DB MUSIC SALES
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 22 mins
Certificate
Genres	Drama
Language	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 1942 To Rent: DVD: 07 Feb 2011

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- Muddled, pretentious and unpersuasive fantasy, typical of this producer's do-goodery. One of those oddities which make Hollywood endearing, but not very entertaining apart from Pat O'Brien's garrulous grandpa.
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  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:43
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  A film with a good heart
  
  I thought it could be interesting to see an early Joseph Losey film (before he was blacklisted), as I have only seen the later pictures he directed featuring ... read more »
  
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  A film with a good heart
  
  I thought it could be interesting to see an early Joseph Losey film (before he was blacklisted), as I have only seen the later pictures he directed featuring ... read more »
  
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  Enjoyable
  
  The film was highly enjoyable and the performance by Dean Stockwell as the young boy was very good
  
  It shows small town predjudice with people who if ... read more »
  
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  Peter Frye, a war orphan whose parents have been killed in an air raid, wakes up one morning to find his hair has turned green. He meets with bitter prejudice and hatred from his fellow citizens, yet continues to express a belief that came to him in a vision: all wars must stop. An interesting ...