Green for Danger

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Green for Danger
Directed by	Sidney Gilliat
Produced by
Written by	Christianna Brand (novel) Sidney Gilliat Claude Guerney
Starring	Sally Gray Trevor Howard
Music by
Cinematography by
Editing by
Distributed by	General Film Distributors Ltd.
Released	1946 (U.K. release)
Running time	91 min
Language	English
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Green for Danger is a popular 1944 book later made into a 1946 film.

The book Green for Danger was a 1944 detective novel by Christianna Brand, praised for its clever plot, interesting characters, and wartime hospital setting. The 1946 film version, starring Alastair Sim and Trevor Howard, with Sally Gray and Rosamund John. It was directed by Sidney Gilliat and is regarded by film historians as one of the greatest screen adapations of a Golden Age mystery novel.

The film was shot a Pinewood Studios in England.

A murder takes place in a rural British hospital. Inspector Cockrill is tasked to determine whodunit when the head nurse is killed after revealing that the death of a patient under anesthesia was no accident. Cockrill states at one point, "My presence lay over the hospital like a pall - I found it all tremendously enjoyable". After another murder attempt leaves a nurse dangerously ill he re-stages the operation in order to unmask the murderer.

Cast

• Sally Gray as Nurse Frederica 'Freddie' Linley
• Trevor Howard as Dr. Barney Barnes
• Rosamund John as Nurse Esther Sanson
• Alastair Sim as Inspector Cockrill

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