''The Green Scarf'' is a 1954 British mystery film directed by

George More O'Ferrall Edward George More O'Ferrall (4 July 1907 – 18 March 1982) was a pioneering British film and television producer and director, as well as an actor. Biography More O'Ferrall was born in Bristol, England, to an aristocratic Anglo-Irish family. ...

and starring Michael Redgrave,

Ann Todd Dorothy Ann Todd (24 January 1907 – 6 May 1993) was an English film, television and stage actress who achieved international fame when she starred in 1945's ''The Seventh Veil''. From 1949 to 1957 she was married to David Lean who directed he ...

, Leo Genn, Kieron Moore, Richard O'Sullivan and Michael Medwin. The film's plot concerns a man who is accused of a seemingly motiveless murder. The film was shot at Shepperton Studios with sets designed by the

art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...

Wilfred Shingleton. It was written by

Gordon Wellesley Gordon Wong Wellesley (8 December 1894 – 1980) was an Australian-born screenwriter and writer of Chinese descent. Born in Sydney in 1894 He wrote over thirty screenplays in the United States and Britain, often collaborating with the director ...

based on the

Guy des Cars Guy Augustin Marie Jean de la Pérusse des Cars (6 May 1911 – 21 December 1993) was a best-selling French author of popular novels. Personal life Born in Paris on 6 May 1911, des Cars was from an aristocratic family. He was the second son of ...

novel ''The Brute''.

Cast

* Michael Redgrave as Maitre Deliot *

as Solange Vauthier * Leo Genn as Rodelec * Kieron Moore as Jacques * Richard O'Sullivan as Child Jacques * Jane Lamb as Child Solange * Michael Medwin as Teral * Jane Griffiths as Danielle * Ella Milne as Louise * Jane Henderson as Mme. Vauthier * George Merritt as Advocate General *

Peter Burton Peter Ray Burton (4 April 1921 – 21 November 1989) was an English film and television actor. Early life Peter Ray Burton, was born in Bromley, Kent, to Frederick Ray Burton and Gladys Maude (née Frazer). Career He is perhaps best known fo ...

as Purser *

Tristan Rawson Capel Tristan Rawson (20 January 1888 – 20 May 1974), known professionally as Tristan Rawson, was an English actor After an early career as an opera singer in Germany, he took up amateur dramatics in Switzerland during the First World War and ...

as Prison Governor * Henry Caine as Ship's Captain * Phil Brown as John Bell * Anthony Nicholls as Goirin * Walter Horsbrugh as Interpreter *

Evelyn Roberts Evelyn Roberts (28 August 1886 – 30 November 1962) was an English stage and film actor. He made his stage debut in 1918 after serving in WW I; and his theatre work included the original Broadway production of R.C. Sherriff's ''Journey's E ...

as President of the Court * Neil Wilson as Inspector * Michael Golden as Warder * Launce Maraschal as Sen. Bell * Terence Alexander as Wireless Operator * Frank Singuineau as Clerk at Telgram desk * Wilfrid Brambell as Court clerk

Critical reception

In '' The New York Times'', its film critic Bosley Crowther concluded: "''The Green Scarf'' is a mottled and unconvincing thing."

Box office

According to ''Kinematograph Weekly'' the film was a "money maker" at the British box office in 1954.

References

External links

''The Green Scarf''
at the Internet Movie Database 1954 films 1950s mystery films British mystery films Films directed by George More O'Ferrall British Lion Films films Films shot at Shepperton Studios Films based on French novels 1950s English-language films British black-and-white films 1950s British films English-language mystery films {{1950s-UK-film-stub