The Green Cockatoo

Dec 1, 1937

1h 5m

★ 5.8

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.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

New World Pictures (GB)

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Cast

Jim Connor

John Mills

Eileen

Rène Ray

Terrell, gang boss

Charles Oliver

Madison, tall henchman

Bruce Seton

Steve, short henchman

Julian Vedey

Dave Connor

Robert Newton

The Detective Inspector

Allan Jeayes

Protheroe, the butler

Frank Atkinson

Charlie, the Bartender

Tyrell Davis

Train Passenger

William Dewhurst

Jake

Alf Goddard

Clifford Heatherley

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