Yellow Canary (film)

For the 1963 film, see The Yellow Canary.

Yellow Canary
Theatrical poster
Directed byHerbert Wilcox
Written byP. M. Bower
Miles Malleson
DeWitt Bodeen
Produced byHerbert Wilcox
StarringAnna Neagle
Richard Greene
Albert Lieven
CinematographyMutz Greenbaum
Edited byVera Campbell
Music byClifton Parker
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release dates
  • 19 October 1943 (1943-10-19) (Premiere-London)
  • 13 April 1944 (1944-04-13) (U.S.)[1]
Running time
95 minutes (UK) (also given as 98 minutes)[2]
84 minutes, edited (U.S.)[3]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Yellow Canary is a 1943 British drama film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Richard Greene and Albert Lieven. Neagle plays a British Nazi sympathizer who travels to Halifax, Canada, trailed by spies from both sides during the Second World War. Neagle and director/producer Wilcox collaborated on a number of previous film projects.[4]

  1. ^ "Yellow Canary: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Yellow Canary (Overview)." The New York Times. Retrieved: 22 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Yellow Canary: Overview." Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved: 22 March 2012.
  4. ^ Neagle 1974, p. 119.