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The Boy With Green Hair (1948)
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Reviews Counted:6
Fresh:5
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7/10
Synopsis: Peter Frye, a war orphan whose parents have been killed in an air raid, wakes up one morning to find his hair has turned green. He meets with bitter prejudice and hatred from his fellow citizens,... Peter Frye, a war orphan whose parents have been killed in an air raid, wakes up one morning to find his hair has turned green. He meets with bitter prejudice and hatred from his fellow citizens, yet continues to express a belief that came to him in a vision: all wars must stop. An interesting parable and social commentary, with another fine performance by Stockwell as the alienated youth. [More]
Starring: Pat O'Brien, Robert Ryan, Barbara Hale, Dean Stockwell
Starring: Pat O'Brien, Robert Ryan, Barbara Hale, Dean Stockwell, Richard Lyon, Walter Catlett, Samuel S. Hinds, Regis Toomey, Charles Meredith, David Clarke
Director: Joseph Losey
Director: Joseph Losey
Screenwriter: Ben Barzman, Alfred Lewis Levitt
Producer: Stephen Ames
Composer: Leigh Harline
Reviews for The Boy With Green Hair
A peculiar mixing of bigot-buster and pacifist sensibilities, rendered largely incoherent on account of Howard Hughes' attempts to transform the piece into a pro-war tract. Strange that such a safe-as-milk picture could have caused many of its talents to
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