Green for Danger (1946)

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Director:

Sidney Gilliat

Writers:

Christianna Brand (novel) and
Sidney Gilliat (screenplay)
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Release Date:

3 November 1947 (Denmark)

Genre:

Mystery

Plot:

In a rural English hospital during WWII, a postman dies on the operating table. One of the nurses states that she has proof of who the murderer is...

Plot Keywords:

Nurse | Hospital | Murder | WWII | Postman

Cast

Sally Gray	...	Nurse Frederica 'Freddie' Linley
Trevor Howard	...	Dr. Barney Barnes
Rosamund John	...	Nurse Esther Sanson
Alastair Sim	...	Inspector Cockrill
Leo Genn	...	Mr. Eden
Judy Campbell	...	Sister Marion Bates
Megs Jenkins	...	Nurse Woods
Moore Marriott	...	Joseph Higgins, the Postman
Henry Edwards	...	Mr. Purdy
Ronald Adam	...	Dr. White
George Woodbridge	...	Det. Sgt. Hendricks
Frank Ling	...	Rescue Worker
Wendy Thompson	...	Sister Carter
John Rae	...	The Porter
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hattie Jacques	...	(uncredited)
Elizabeth Sydney	...	(uncredited)
Ronald Ward	...	Bit Part (uncredited)

Directed by
Sidney Gilliat

Writing credits
Christianna Brand		(novel)
Sidney Gilliat		screenplay
Claude Guerney		screenplay (as Claud Gurney)

Produced by
Sidney Gilliat	....	producer (uncredited)
Frank Launder	....	producer (uncredited)
Herbert Smith	....	executive producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
William Alwyn

Cinematography by
Wilkie Cooper		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Thelma Connell		(as Thelma Myers)

Casting by
Pat MacDonnell
Adele Raymond

Production Design by
Peter Proud

Art Direction by
William Hutchinson		(uncredited)

Costume Design by
Rahvis		(uncredited)

Makeup Department
Betty Baugh	....	hair stylist (uncredited)
Eric Carter	....	assistant makeup artist (uncredited)
Biddy Chrystal	....	hair stylist (uncredited)
Sylvia Croft	....	second assistant makeup artist (uncredited)
Stuart Freeborn	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Bert Bates	....	production manager (as A.S. Bates)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Percy Hermes	....	assistant director
Eric Braun	....	third assistant director (uncredited)
Laurie Knight	....	third assistant director (uncredited)
Chris Noble	....	second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Harold Batchelor	....	construction (uncredited)
William Creighton	....	carpenter (uncredited)
Vernon Dixon	....	set dresser (uncredited)
John Hoesli	....	draughtsman (uncredited)

Sound Department
Eric Clennell	....	sound recordist
Bill Daniels	....	dubbing crew (uncredited)
John Dennis	....	chief production mixer (uncredited)
Alan Hogben	....	sound recordist (uncredited)
Charles Knott	....	dubbing crew (uncredited)
Jack Locke	....	boom operator (uncredited)
Gordon K. McCallum	....	sound mixer (uncredited)
John Seabourne Jr.	....	dubbing editor (uncredited)
J.B. Smith	....	dubbing crew (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Oswald Morris	....	camera operator
Frank Ellis	....	focus puller (uncredited)
Arthur Evans	....	still photographer (uncredited)
Alan Perry	....	clapper loader (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Kathleen Moore	....	wardrobe (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Bill Lenny	....	second assistant editor (uncredited)
Norah Walsh	....	assistant editor (uncredited)
David C. Withers	....	second assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Muir Mathieson	....	musical director
Ted Drake	....	music recordist (uncredited)
Harry Gold	....	music arranger: dance music (uncredited)
Norrie Paramor	....	music arranger: dance music (uncredited)

Other crew
J. Arthur Rank	....	presenter (as J. Arthur Rank)
Paddy Arnold	....	continuity (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Individual Pictures (as An Individual Picture)

Distributors

• General Film Distributors (GFD) (1946) (UK) (theatrical) (as General Film Distributors Ltd.)
• Eagle-Lion Films (1947) (USA) (theatrical)
• J. Arthur Rank Film (1948) (Germany) (theatrical)
• J.Arthur Rank-Film (1948) (Austria) (theatrical)
• Státní Pujcovna Filmu (194?) (Czechoslovakia) (theatrical)
• Criterion Collection, The (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Criterion Collection, The (????) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• DD Home Entertainment (2005) (UK) (DVD)

Other Companies

• London Symphony Orchestra, The (LSO)  music played by

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

UK:PG (re-rating) (2005) | UK:A (original rating) | Germany:16 | Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #12129)

Filming Locations:

Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Company:

Individual Pictures

Trivia:

The first film of Hattie Jacques.

Quotes:

Dr. White: I do hope everything can be arranged discreetly.
Inspector Cockrill: Umm, shouldn't think so for a moment.
Dr. White: Why not? Press? Do they have to be seen?
Inspector Cockrill: Can't keep 'em out.
Dr. White: Oh, dear.
Inspector Cockrill: I don't mind; they always give me a good write-up.

Soundtrack:

Music

A black comedy/murder mystery with the wonderful Alistair Sim

One of my top 100 British films a must see. Remarkable performances from an ensemble of British acting talent. The depth of the characterisations is wonderful. All of this held together by an excellent performance by Alistair Sim. A blackly comic script and sharp direction all add to this classic film.