The Blue Parrot (1953)
1953 · Feature film · 65 min · dir. John Harlow
Tense Thriller Entertainment!
- Crime
- Drama
Synopsis
'Rocks' Owen, the well-off owner of a car-hire business, is found murdered; the last place he was seen alive was the Blue Parrot nightclub. Scotland Yard go in to investigate, with the help of a visiting American detective and a nightclub hostess who may not be all she appears to be.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- John Harlow
- Writer
- Allan MacKinnon
- Cinematography
- Robert Navarro
- Studio
- A.C.T. Films
- Released
- 1953-10-01
- Running time
- 65 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Film Noir, Feature Films
Cast & crew
- John Harlow Director
Dermot Walsh
Jacqueline Hill
Ballard Berkeley
Richard Pearson
June Ashley
Ferdy Mayne
John Le Mesurier
Valerie White
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Or Don't Squawk in Soho · Poohbah70 · 2019-10-11
A nicely done, taut little murder mystery concerning various small-time crooks, who frequent The Blue Parrot Club in London's Soho, female companions who work there and a few other shady characters. Scotland Yard and a visiting American policeman studying English crime-fighting methods and offering some of his own. John Le Mesurier is good as the low key, but shady club owner. Ballard Berkeley makes a good Yard Supt. - fast talking, quick thinking and on the move. Jacqueline Hill is the, of course, beautiful Yard undercover Sgt. and, for good measure, love interest for Dermot Walsh's American…