Green for Danger (1946) on Netflix
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A wounded postman dies during a minor operation at a rural British hospital, and Dr. Barnes, who gave the anesthetic, cannot explain it. Inspector Cockrill of Scotland Yard investigates.
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Plot summary
The flying-bomb raids of 1944 bring casualties far from London, among them a postman named Joseph Higgins, who arrives unconscious at a rural British hospital with nothing to identify him. Mr. Eden operates, Nurse Linley assists, and Dr. Barnes gives the anesthetic. Higgins dies during what should have been a minor procedure, and even full oxygen does not help. Inspector Cockrill of Scotland Yard opens a report on the case. For Barnes the death repeats an earlier one he was caught up in and could not explain. Five of the hospital's medical staff fall under the inspector's eye: Dr. Barnes, Mr. Eden, Nurse Linley, Nurse Sanson and Nurse Woods, any of whom could have killed the postman.
Cast
- John Raeas Porter
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Green for Danger (1946)
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- Christianna Brand, who wrote the novel Green for Danger was based on, was married to a surgeon at a military hospital; she watched an operation and the anaesthetist told her how to commit murder. She found her motive only when a drunk man told her of an experience in a bomb shelter.
- Green for Danger was originally banned in Britain out of fear it would undermine confidence in hospitals; the ban was overruled and the film was passed with one minor cut.
- Robert Morley was announced in January 1946 as the star of Green for Danger, but he was eventually replaced in the role by Alastair Sim.
- Green for Danger was the first movie to be made at Pinewood Studios in England when the studio reopened after the end of World War II.
