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Green for Danger (1946)

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Reviews Counted:10

Fresh:8

Rotten:2

Average Rating:7.6/10

Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: In a rural British hospital, Inspector Cockrill must determine whodunit when the head nurse is done away with after revealing that the death of a patient under anesthesia was no accident. The... In a rural British hospital, Inspector Cockrill must determine whodunit when the head nurse is done away with after revealing that the death of a patient under anesthesia was no accident. The hospital is full of suspicious doctors and staff and the interrogation brings them all into question. [More]

Starring: Sally Gray, Trevor Howard, Rosamund John, Leo Genn

Starring: Sally Gray, Trevor Howard, Rosamund John, Leo Genn, Judy Campbell, Megs Jenkins, Alastair Sim

Director: Sidney Gilliat

Director: Sidney Gilliat
Screenwriter: Sidney Gilliat, Claud Gurney

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Nov 30, 1999

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  • In a rural English hospital during WW2, a postman dies on the operating table and the nurse states she knows the murderer is dead too. The facetious Inspector Cockrill suspects one of the five doctors and nurses who were in the operating theater to be the
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    An unfairly overlooked delight in the annals of British film history.

    Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
    01/01/00
    TV Guide's Movie Guide

    One of Launder and Gilliat's most likeable films.

    Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
    02/09/06
    Time Out

    Loved this first-rate Brit whodunit that's set in an emergency cottage hospital during WWII.

    Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
    04/03/07
    Dennis Schwartz
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    No review available.

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    08/19/05
    Emanuel Levy
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    the quintessential British murder mystery of the period.

    Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
    12/16/06
    Jay Antani
    Jay Antani
    Filmcritic.com

    Absolutely splendid murder mystery with a great Alastair Sim performance.

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    02/11/04
    Ken Hanke
    Ken Hanke
    Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

    A hugely likeable gem of postwar British film.

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    05/24/03
    Laura Bushell
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    Channel 4 Film

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    10/29/08
    Steven D. Greydanus
    Steven D. Greydanus
    Decent Films Guide

    Green For Danger will give the aisleside sleuths a better workout than they have had for months and it also will rest easily with those who are content just to sit back and let the story resolve itself.

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    05/20/03
    Thomas M. Pryor
    Thomas M. Pryor
    New York Times

    The plot is too laboriously constructed, and the reason for the murders appears too incredible.

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