Green for Danger
It’s 1944, Britain. A postman has been taken to the local hospital after a German V-1 bombing attack. The injuries are non-fatal. He dies on the operating table, before surgery can begin. As the hospital administration and those in attendance for the failed operation try to figure out whether the postman’s death was an accident or a deliberate act, someone else is murdered. Thus starts Green for Danger‘s witty whodunit.
Inspector Cockrill arrives to get to the bottom of things and the film takes off. With Cockrill comes an eccentric personality and comedic wit to stir the situation up. In a way, he gets to do what viewers want to do when watching mystery thrillers. Cockrill jumps into the fray, questions the suspects, throws accusations and innuendo around, and waits to see what happens. In a very self-conscious way, he’ll start some shit, step back and see if the new scenario reveals anything about who was responsible for the murders. It’s all fun and games until more people get hurt.
