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- BFI identifier31425
- Date1947-03-10 (Release)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisWartime detective thriller. In 1944, during the Second World War, the eccentric Inspector Cockrill of Scotland Yard dictates his account of a murder investigation he has conducted at a country hospital (as told in flashback). The first victim was a postman injured by a V2 bomb, who then died on the operating table. Tensions romantic and professional abound among the team of doctors and nurses involved in the operation. When someone claims that the postman's death was neither natural nor an accident, a second murder soon follows. Cockrill arrives to investigate with a disarming blend of insight and humour. Following another dramatic incident, Cockrill sets up a new version of the original operation, in the hopes that some clue will help unmask the killer. (Synopsis)
- Work historyThe cast list divided into sections (The Doctors, The Nurses, etc.) appears in the closing credits. The opening credits list the actors in the following order: Sally Gray, Trevor Howard, Rosamund John, and presenting Alastair Sim as Inspector Cockrill, Leo Genn, Judy Campbell, Megs Jenkins, Moore Marriott, Henry Edwards, Ronald Adam, George Woodbridge, Frank Ling
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- CreditsDirected by: Sidney Gilliat
An Individual Picture: Individual Pictures
[Production Company]: Independent Producers
view all - CastLeo Genn (Mr Eden) The Hospital Staff The Doctors
Henry Edwards (Mr Purdy) The Hospital Staff The Doctors
Trevor Howard (Dr 'Barney' Barnes) The Hospital Staff The Doctors
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Title
Green for Danger (Original)
The Mad Killer (Alternative)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/B343-7247-DF3E-41A7-ACED-TCategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
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view all - Scripts / DocumentsDocument: report - Based on the novel by Christianna Brand - BBFC-1-10-1117
Script - Original story: Novel by Christianna Brand - SCR-9023
Script - Original story: Novel by Christianna Brand - SCR-9024
Script - Original story: Novel by Christianna Brand - SCR-9025
Ephemera: publicity - PBS-31425
Medium and small pressbooks held.
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Poster: film - Single sheet landscape - PD-1208
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Photograph: print - Portrait - Black and White - bfi-00n-m38
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Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00n-9en
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- BooksLaunder and Gilliat - 2002view all
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Work - 31425 - 1947-03-10 (Release)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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