The Green Cockatoo

1937

1h 5m

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5.8/10

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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.

Directors

William Cameron Menzies

Writers

Ted Berkman(screenplay by)

Graham Greene(story by)

Arthur Wimperis(writer by)

Stars

John Mills

Rène Ray

Charles Oliver

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Jim Connor

Eileen

Terrell, gang boss

Madison, tall henchman

Julian Vedey

Steve, short henchman

Robert Newton

Dave Connor

Allan Jeayes

The Detective Inspector

Frank Atkinson

Protheroe, the butler

Tyrell Davis

Charlie, the Bartender

Train Passenger

Jake

Hotel Majestic Maid

Directors

William Cameron Menzies

Writers

Ted Berkman(screenplay by)

Graham Greene(story by)

Arthur Wimperis(writer by)

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6/10

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.

Geronimo196720 Jun, 2022