The Green Cockatoo
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWilliam Cameron Menzies
Written byTed Berkman
Story byGraham Greene
Produced byWilliam K. Howard
StarringJohn Mills
René Ray
CinematographyMutz Greenbaum
Edited byRussell Lloyd
Music byMiklós Rózsa
Production
company
Devonshire Films
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
December 1937 (UK)
Running time
65 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Green Cockatoo (a.k.a. Four Dark Hours) is a 1937 British drama film directed by William Cameron Menzies from a story by Graham Greene and shot at Denham Studios.[1] Starring John Mills, René Ray, and Robert Newton,[2] it tells the story of an innocent young woman who arrives in London looking for work and, pursued by both criminals and police, is involved in a headlong series of fights and flights.

Plot

An innocent young woman arrives in London looking for work and walks into an ambush, in which gangsters knife an accomplice who has cheated them. The wounded man staggers with her to a cheap hotel, where he dies after begging her to tell his brother at The Green Cockatoo club. Going there, she is followed by police and hides in an upstairs room. It is that of Jim, the brother, but he does not identify himself to the stranger. When the police leave he escorts her out, but is followed by the gangsters. In another knife fight he gets away and takes her to a safe house. The police turn up, this time to take him to the morgue to identify his brother. When they leave, the gangsters abduct the girl. Looking for the gangsters, Jim turns up and in another fight immobilises them. The police arrive to arrest the gangsters, while Jim and the girl head for the country.

Cast

References

Bibliography

  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.


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