The Green Cockatoo

Watch: The Green Cockatoo

7/18/19471h 5m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ She Lost Herself In Murder! ~

Overview:

A young girl is travelling to London to find work. Arriving at the station, she meets a man who has been stabbed by a member of a gang of crooks involved with greyhound racing. She becomes a suspect, but flees the scene in order to deliver a message to the dead man's brother. She is protected from the police by a night club entertainer, who she learns is the man she is seeking.

Director:

William Cameron Menzies

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

false accusations

Cast

John Mills

~ as ~

Jim Connor

Rène Ray

~ as ~

Eileen

Charles Oliver

~ as ~

Terrell, gang boss

Bruce Seton

~ as ~

Madison, tall henchman

Julian Vedey

~ as ~

Steve, short henchman

Robert Newton

~ as ~

Dave Connor

Allan Jeayes

~ as ~

The Detective Inspector

Frank Atkinson

~ as ~

Protheroe, the butler

Tyrell Davis

~ as ~

Charlie, the Bartender

William Dewhurst

~ as ~

Train Passenger

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
6
This has some good ingredients to make a jolly, if not exactly, menacing murder story - but it's all just way too fluffy and talky. The doey-eyed Rene Ray is "Eileen" who arrives into London very late one night. At the station, she encounters "Dave" (Robert Newton) who offers to show her an hotel where she might pass the night. What she doesn't know, is that her good Samaritan has fallen foul of some crooks and a station fracas ensues and he is mortally injured. Before he croaks, he gives her a message to give to his brother "Jim" (John Mills) in the eponymous nightclub. She meets the brother, but a rather unlikely series of mishaps befall the pair as they are being sought by the police and the hoodlums. Aside from some singing and dancing that one wouldn't normally attribute to John Mills, the thing is entirely procedural with little by way suspense or peril; and saving a rather curious performance from Frank Atkinson as the butler "Protheroe" would be instantly forgettable.