Information
- BFI identifier31419
- Date1940 (Release)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisA young girl comes to London from Devon. She finds a dying man and gets involved with a race track gang, falling under the suspicion of the police. After many adventures her innocence is established. (Synopsis)
- Work historyMade circa 1937 but not released until 1940 after some re-shooting and re-editing. Re-issued in 1942 as RACE GANG. Submitted to the BBFC in 1939 as FOUR DARK HOURS but not apparently shown under this title.
- Genre
- Subject
- CreditsDirected by: William Cameron Menzies
Re-shoots Director: William K. Howard [uncredited]
Director: Thornton Freeland [uncredited]
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Title
The Green Cockatoo (Original)
Race Gang (Alternative)
Four Dark Hours (Alternative)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/DBA9-93C7-A788-D9D3-4006-8Category
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
- Collections
- Film / Video
LTO5 - Video - MP4 - Viewing
LTO5 - Video - MP4 - Viewing
35mm BW Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
35mm BW Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
Digital Betacam - Video - Viewing
view all - Scripts / DocumentsScript - Original story: by Graham Greene - SCR-8296
Script - Original story: Graham Greene - SCR-20133
Ephemera: publicity - PBS-31419
Ephemera: publicity - The large pressbook for the 1937 film, The Green Cockatoo. Content includes reviews, advertisements, promotional ideas and materials, and informational articles and interviews. 4 pages. - PBL-31419
Large and small pressbooks held. See SIR DAVID CUNYNGHAME Collection (Item 4).
view all - StillsPhotograph: film still - Landscape - SPD-1009232
Photograph: film still - Landscape - SPD-1009233
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00o-9te
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00o-9tf
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00o-9tg
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- +The Green Cockatoo
Work - 31419 - 1940 (Release)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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