Sidney Gilliat

Green for Danger

Green for Danger

In the midst of Nazi air raids, a postman dies on the operating table at a rural English hospital. But was the death accidental? A delightful and wholly unexpected murder mystery, British writer/director Sidney Gilliat's Green for Danger features Trevor Howard and Sally Gray as suspected doctors and Alastair Sim in a marvelous turn as Scotland Yard's insouciant Inspector Cockrill. A screenwriter who had worked with Hitchcock on such films as The Lady Vanishes and Jamaica Inn, Gilliat slyly upends whodunit conventions with wit and style.

Film Info

  • United Kingdom
  • 1946
  • 91 minutes
  • Black & White
  • 1.33:1
  • English
  • Spine #375

Special Features

  • New, restored high-definition digital transfer
  • Audio commentary by film and music historian Bruce Eder
  • Interview with British film historian Geoff Brown
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: A new essay by critic Geoffrey O'Brien and a director's statement

    New cover by Geoff Grandfield

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Special Features

  • New, restored high-definition digital transfer
  • Audio commentary by film and music historian Bruce Eder
  • Interview with British film historian Geoff Brown
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: A new essay by critic Geoffrey O'Brien and a director's statement

    New cover by Geoff Grandfield
Green for Danger
Cast
Leo Genn
Mr. Eden
Alastair Sim
Inspector Cockrill
Trevor Howard
Dr. Barnes
Sally Gray
Nurse Freddi Linley
Rosamund John
Nurse Esther Sanson
Judy Campbell
Sister Marion Bates
Megs Jenkins
Nurse Woods
Ronald Adam
Dr. White
Henry Edwards
Mr. Purdy
Moore Marriott
Joseph Higgins
George Woodbridge
Detective Sgt. Hendricks
John Rae
Porter
Credits
Director
Sidney Gilliat
Producer
Sidney Gilliat
Producer
Frank Launder
Based on the novel by
Christianna Brand
Screenplay
Sidney Gilliat
Screenplay
Claud Gurney
Cinematography
Wilkie Cooper
Music
William Alwyn
Played by
The London Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by
Muir Mathieson
Editing
Thelma Myers
Production design
Peter Proud
Production manager
A. S. Bates

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