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The Blue Parrot (Original title)
Date: 22 October 1953 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: John Harlow

Synopsis: Story of how American detective helps Scotland Yard solve mystery of murdered spiv.

Genre:
Police drama

Subject:
Crime
Releases
Date: October 1953Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - Sound - MonoRuntime: 69 mins Length: 6236 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (20)
an A.C.T. Films production: A.C.T. Films, world Distribution by: Monarch Film Corporation, Produced by: Stanley Haynes, Production Manager: Ben Hipkins, Assistant Director: Eric Pavitt, Continuity: Doreen Dearnaley, Screenplay by: Allan MacKinnon, From an original story 'Gunman' by: Percy Hoskins, Director of Photography: Bob Navarro, Camera Operator: Bernie Lewis, Editor: Robert Hill, Assistant Editor: Ena Davidson, Art Director: George Paterson, Wardrobe Mistress: Elsie Curtis, Make-up: Gene Beck, Hairdresser: Henry Montsash, Sound Recordist: Charles Tasto, Sound System: RCA, Produced and Recorded at: Nettlefold Studios (Walton-on-Thames)
Cast (12)
Dermot Walsh (Bob Herrick), Jacqueline Hill (Maureen Maguire), Ballard Berkeley (Superintendent Chester), Victor Lucas (Rocks Owen), Ferdy Mayne (Stevens), Valerie White (Eva West), John Le Mesurier (Henry Carson), Richard Pearson (Quinney), June Ashley (Gloria), Diane Watts (Carla), Edwin Richfield (Taps Campelli), Arthur Rigby (Charlie)