USA, 1948
82m, 7383 feet
35mm film, Technicolor
mono (RCA Sound System), English
An American fantasy film directed by Joseph Losey.
Plot Summary
A young war orphan learns that his parents have been killed in an air raid and the shock turns his hair green.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Joseph Losey
© 1948 RKO Radio Pictures
RKO Radio Pictures
a Dore Schary presentation: Dore Schary
Produced by: Stephen Ames
Screen Play by: Ben Barzman, Alfred Lewis Levitt
Story by: Betsy Beaton
Director of Photography: George Barnes
Film Editor: Frank Doyle
Music by: Leigh Harline
Sound by: Earl Wolcott, Clem Portman
Gowns by: Adele Balkan
Makeup Supervision: Gordon Bau
Art Directors: Albert S. D’Agostino, Ralph Berger
Cast
Pat O’Brien (Gramp Frye)
Robert Ryan (Dr Evans)
Barbara Hale (Miss Brand)
Dean Stockwell (Peter Frye)
Richard Lyon (Michael)
Walter Catlett (‘The King’)
Samuel S. Hinds (Dr R.I. Knudsen)
Regis Toomey (Mr Davis, milkman)
Charles Meredith (Mr Piper, shopkeeper)
David Clarke (barber)
Billy Sheffield (Red)
John Calkins (Danny)
Teddy Infuhr (Timmy)
Dwayne Hickman (Joey)
Eilene Janssen (Peggy)
Curtis Jackson (classmate)
Charles Arnt (Mr Hammond)
Alternative Titles
To agori me ta prasina mallia – Greece (television)
Băiatul cu părul verde – Romania
Chłopiec z zielonymi włosami – Poland
Der Junge mit den grünen Haaren – Austria, West Germany
Drengen med det grønne hår – Denmark
Le garçon aux cheveux verts – France
O Menino dos Cabelos Verdes – Brazil
El muchacho de los cabellos verdes – Spain
El niño del cabello verde – Argentina, Mexico
El noi dels cabells verds – Spain (Catalan)
To paidi me ta prasina mallia – Greece
Pojken med gröna håret – Finland (Swedish), Sweden
Il ragazzo dai capelli verdi – Italy
O Rapaz dos Cabelos Verdes – Portugal
Vihreätukkainen poika – Finland
A zöld hajú fiú – Hungary
Мальчик с зелеными волосами – Russia
Момчето със зелената коса – Bulgaria
緑色の髪の少年 – Japan
References
Periodicals
- Cahiers du Cinéma no.191 (June 1967) p.63 – review
- Castle of Frankenstein no.7 p.11
- CinémAction no.96 (2000) pp.12-20 – article (Le mélodrame et le corps de l’acteur dans “Le garçon aux cheveux verts” by Raphaëlle Costa de Beauregard)
- Film Comment vol.40 no.2 (March/April 2004) pp.44-49 – article (Double play by Richard Combs)
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.17 no.198 (July 1950) p.98 – credits, synopsis, review
- Motion Picture Herald vol.173 no.8 (20 November 1948) – credits, review
- Positif no.293/294 (July/August 1985) pp.9-11 – article (by Ben Barzman)
- Positif no.85 (June 1967) p.58 – letter
- Today’s Cinema vol.74 no.6006 (31 May 1950) – credits, review
Books
- The Irish Filmography: Fiction Films, 1896-1996 by Kevin Rockett (ed.) pp.397-398
- Nuclear Movies: A Filmography by Mick Broderick) p.37 – credits
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.45 – credits
- The RKO Features by James L. Neibaur p.37 – credits, synopsis
- RKO Radio Pictures Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films, 1929-1956 by Michael R. Pitts p.41-44 – illustrated credits, review
- The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Fantasy by David Pringle (general ed.) p.57 – credits, review
