Green for Danger (film)

Green for Danger
Theatrical film poster
Directed bySidney Gilliat
Written bySidney Gilliat
Claud Gurney
Based onGreen for Danger by Christianna Brand
Produced byFrank Launder
Sidney Gilliat
StarringSally Gray
Trevor Howard
Rosamund John
Alastair Sim
Leo Genn
CinematographyWilkie Cooper
Edited byThelma Myers
Music byWilliam Alwyn
Production
company
Individual Pictures
Distributed byGeneral Film Distributors
Release dates
  • 7 December 1946 (1946-12-07) (UK)
  • August 1947 (1947-08) (U.S.)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budgetover $1 million[1] or £202,400[2][3]
Box office£175,800 (UK £114,700 overseas £61,100)[2]

Green for Danger is a 1946 British thriller film, based on the 1944 detective novel of the same name by Christianna Brand. It was directed by Sidney Gilliat and stars Sally Gray, Trevor Howard, Rosamund John, Leo Genn, and Alastair Sim. The film was shot at Pinewood Studios in England. The title is a reference to the colour-coding used on the gas cylinders used by anaesthetists.

  1. ^ "Thrill-type tales choice of British" (1946, Jul 07). Los Angeles Times
  2. ^ a b Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 353. Income is in terms of producer's share.
  3. ^ Fowler, Roy; Haines, Taffy (15 May 1990). "Interview with Sidney Gilliat" (PDF). British Entertainment History Project. p. 41.