The Green Cockatoo

The Green Cockatoo

She Lost Herself In Murder!

NR 1937 · 65 min · ★ 5.9 · Crime, Drama

A young girl is travelling to London to find work. Arriving at the station, she meets a man who has been stabbed by a member of a gang of crooks involved with greyhound racing. She becomes a suspect, but flees the scene in order to deliver a message to the dead man's brother. She is protected from the police by a night club entertainer, who she learns is the man she is seeking.

Directed by William Cameron Menzies · Written by Ted Berkman

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