Green for Danger (1946)

Director
Sidney Gilliat

Main cast
Leo Genn; Alastair Sim; Trevor Howard; Sally Gray; Rosamund John

Genres
Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Description
In the midst of Nazi air raids, a postman dies on the operating table at a rural English hospital. But was the death accidental?


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