Green for Danger

Synopsis
Comedy crime film. In a rural English hospital during WWII, a postman dies on the operating table. One of the nurses states that she has proof of who the murderer is. The facetious Inspector Cockrill suspects one of the five doctors and nurses who were in the operating theatre to be the assassin. But four poisonous pills have disappeared..... The film includes a scene in which the Doctor attempts to seduce a pretty nurse by quoting Lorenzo’s "In such a night as this" speech (The Merchant of Venice, Act V, sc i). Alistair Sim, playing the detective, interrupts him by continuing the quotation. {With acknowledgment to Richard Burt].
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Film
Technical information
Black-and-white / Sound
Year of release
1946
Duration
91 mins

Credits

Director
Sidney Gilliat
Producer
Frank Launder; Sidney Gilliat
Cinematographer
Wilkie Cooper
Screenplay
Claud Gurney; Sidney Gilliat
Music
William Alwyn
Production Design
Peter Proud
Art Direction
William Hutchinson (2)
Cast
Alistair SimInspector Cockrill
Leo GennMr Genn

Additional Details

Production type
Fiction Films
Plays
Merchant of Venice, The
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

General
Based on a novel by Christianna Brand.

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How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "Green for Danger". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av73353 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)