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Green for Danger is a British film of genre Drama directed by Sidney Gilliat released in USA on 7 august 1947 with Alastair Sim
Green for Danger (1946)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 7 august 1947
Length 1h31
Directed by Sidney Gilliat
OriginUnited-kingdom
Themes Medical-themed films
Rating73%
Green for Danger is a 1946 British thriller film, based on the popular 1944 detective novel of the same name by Christianna Brand. The film was directed by Sidney Gilliat and stars Alastair Sim, Trevor Howard, Sally Gray and Rosamund John. The film was shot at Pinewood Studios in England. The title is a reference to the colour-coding used on anaesthetists' gas bottles.
Synopsis
In August 1944, during the V-1 Doodlebug offensive on London, a murder is committed in Heron's Park Emergency Hospital, a rural British hospital somewhere in the Southeast of England. Joseph Higgins (Marriott) 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.Actors
Alastair Sim
(Inspector Cockrill)
Leo Genn
(Mr. Eden)
Sally Gray
(Nurse Freddi Linley)
Trevor Howard
(Dr. Barnes)
Rosamund John
(Nurse Esther Sanson)
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