Yellow Canary

1943Movie⏱️ 1h 24mApproved

DramaThriller

⭐ 6.5

IMDB Rating

823 votes

A woman wrongfully accused of being a Nazi sympathizer is forced to move to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Director

Herbert Wilcox

Writers

P.M. Bower, Miles Malleson, DeWitt Bodeen

Stars

Anna Neagle, Richard Greene, Nova Pilbeam

Release Date

October 14, 1944

Language

English, French, German

Country

United Kingdom

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Reviews

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🎭 Top Cast

Anna Neagle

as Sally Maitland

Richard Greene

as Lieutenant Commander Jim Garrick

Nova Pilbeam

as Betty Maitland

Albert Lieven

as Capt. Jan Orlock

Lucie Mannheim

as Madame Orlock

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George Thorpe

as Colonel Charles Hargraves

Marjorie Fielding

as Lady Maitland

Franklin Dyall

as Captain Foster

Margaret Rutherford

as Mrs. Towcester

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Claude Bailey

as Major Fothergill

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio

1.37 : 1

Color

Black and White

Filming Location

London, Greater London, England, UK

Production

Herbert Wilcox Productions, RKO Radio British Productions

🏷️ Keywords

bomber aircraftbombing targetship convoyyear 1940posing as someone's son

🎯 Categories

DramaThriller

⭐ Featured Review

Intriguing conspiracies and dark secrets in the fogs of London and Canada

by clanciai • 2018-05-14

10/10

"This is a very clever thriller for its many fascinating details, its splendid dialogue and its total unpredictability. Anna Neagle makes a performance to go down in history, if all her other films will be forgotten, this one will not. Richard Greene also makes one of his best contributions, but the major male actor here is Albert Lieven as the Polish officer, who also makes probably his best performance. He was later to play the lead in "Beware of Pity" (on Stefan Zweig's famous and only novel) but is rather bleak there in comparison with this fascinating character; but this fil..."

💡 Did You Know?

"Put her into Brixton jail with all the other 18Bs", says an annoyed lady diner on seeing Sally. This references Regulation 18B of the Defence (General) Regulations 1939, which allowed for those suspected of being Nazi sympathizers to be interned; some indeed being housed in H.M.P. Brixton.