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The Green Cockatoo (1937)

The Green Cockatoo poster
Directed by
William Cameron Menzies
Genre
drama film, crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 05m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An innocent young woman comes to London looking for work. She ends up chased by criminals and the police in a series of fights and escapes.

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What happens

The Green Cockatoo (also known as Four Dark Hours and Race Gang) is a 1937 British drama film directed by William Cameron Menzies and starring John Mills, Rène Ray, and Robert Newton. It was adapted by Ted Barkman from a story by Graham Greene and shot at Denham Studios. It tells the story of an innocent young woman who arrives in London looking for work and, pursued by both criminals and police, is involved in a headlong series of fights and flights. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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