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The Green Cockatoo

- She Lost Herself In Murder!

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.

Release Date : 1937-12-01

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : New World Pictures (GB)

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Jim Connor

Original Name : John Mills

Gender : Male

Character Name : Eileen

Original Name : Rène Ray

Gender : Female

Character Name : Terrell, gang boss

Original Name : Charles Oliver

Gender : Male

Character Name : Madison, tall henchman

Original Name : Bruce Seton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Steve, short henchman

Original Name : Julian Vedey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dave Connor

Original Name : Robert Newton

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Detective Inspector

Original Name : Allan Jeayes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Protheroe, the butler

Original Name : Frank Atkinson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Charlie, the Bartender

Original Name : Tyrell Davis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Train Passenger

Original Name : William Dewhurst

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jake

Original Name : Alf Goddard

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Clifford Heatherley

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : David Horne

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Edward Lexy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hotel Majestic Maid

Original Name : Aileen Marson

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Orlando Martins

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Bill Shine

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Harry Terry

Gender : Male

Character Name : PC Pat Johnson

Original Name : Jack Vyvyan

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Martin Walker

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Albert Whelan

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Googie Withers

Gender : Female

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-06-20

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.