The Film:
When Network first told me they would be sending me a film called Green For Danger, I thought "Hold on. Never heard of it." Obviously, after being sent their e-mail, the first thing I did was go over to
http://www.imdb.com and check it out. Hmmm, an 8.0 user rating, that can't be bad. Then I realised why. Green For Danger is a film us British do so well, a good old fashioned murder mystery!
Green For Danger is set at the height of the second World War (1944) when a local postman is brought to an emergency hospital with injuries caused by a doodlebug. Although his wounds aren't life threatening, the gentleman mysteriously dies and nobody thinks nothing of it until one of the six nurses that work on the ward finds evidence of murder. Unfortunately for her, the culprit decides to stab her to death before she can go to the police station and tell them what she knows. With a second murder victim, Inspector Cockrill is sent to the hospital from the Scotland Yard to investigate. Due to everyone that the detective suspects having a motive that would possibly lead them to be the killer, he decides to re-enact what happened in surgery that day, revealing the killer in an unexpected twist.
Directed by Sidney Gilliat (The Green Man, Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes) and starring British legends Alastair Sim (Scooge, London Belongs To Me!) and Trever Howard (Brief Encounter, Sir Henry At Rawlinson End), Green For Danger is an impressive foray into murder mystery with superb acting and a different setting to the usual murder mystery. Although nothing spectacular, it is above average, keeping you gripped from beginning to end and certainly worthy of a purchase. Fans of Agatha Christie style stories will find this an excellent addition to their collections.
The DVD:
Video:
Network have provided us with the original 4:3 transfer which unfortunately suffers from a few problems. The print has a reasonable amount of dirt and grain and at times, the picture is very dark and the people sort of merge into their surroundings. What we must remember though is the film is sixty years old, so the picture is adequate. I've seen better transfers for films of this age, but I've also seen far worse. Network have not provided any subtitles with this release.
Audio:
The original English track in Dolby Digital mono has been included on the disc. Thankfully, there are no major problems with the track and apart from a minute amount of hiss, I have no problems with it.
Extras:
None.
