A brilliant young surgeon takes the blame for a colleague when a botched surgery causes a patient's death and buries himself at a wilderness research facility.A brilliant young surgeon takes the blame for a colleague when a botched surgery causes a patient's death and buries himself at a wilderness research facility.A brilliant young surgeon takes the blame for a colleague when a botched surgery causes a patient's death and buries himself at a wilderness research facility.
Cedric Hardwicke
- Dean Harcourt
- (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)
Eddy Chandler
- Policeman
- (scenes deleted)
Noel Kennedy
- English Messenger Boy
- (scenes deleted)
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Did you know
- TriviaAfter his first two starring films, "Captain Blood" and "The Charge of the Light Brigade," Errol Flynn asked Warners to find him a non-swashbuckling role. "Green Light" was the result. However, he was back with sword in hand for his next, "The Prince and the Pauper."
- GoofsWhen Paige rides up on his horse, it is more than obvious that it's stuntman, not Flynn. He dismounts to the right of the horse, but the next action cut showing Flynn has him in front of the animal, not on its side.
- Quotes
Dr. Newell Paige: What would religion be without music?
Mrs. Dexter: There was religion long before there was music.
- Crazy creditsOpening credits are shown on the pages of a copy of Cosmopolitan Magazine, as a hand turns the pages.
- Alternate versionsThe available video version in Argentina was lifted from an old 16mm print in English with Spanish subtitles. The credits were replaced with Spanish language translations.
- ConnectionsFeatured in MsMojo: Top 10 Funniest Bloopers from Classic Hollywood Movies (2023)
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Not a hospital drama
Everyone's entitled to make a few stinky movies in his or her career, and we always forgive our favorites because everyone does it. Either they're stuck in a contract, or they had momentary bad taste but every actor and actress has stinky movies listed on their resumes. Even Errol Flynn.
The Green Light started out to be an interesting film. Errol, a dedicated doctor, makes a judgment call to operate on a patient, even though the main surgeon wasn't present. Halfway through the operation, a senior doctor shows up and takes over. The patient dies, and Errol willingly take the fall for it.
I assumed the rest of the movie would be about him trying to clear his name and get reinstated in the hospital. Unfortunately, his character had other plans. The title refers to a sermon delivered by Sir Cedric Hardwicke in the film, and as Errol's character was previously shown to not be a very religious person, it's pretty obvious what direction the movie plans to take. This isn't a hospital movie, it's a religious movie, so keep that in mind if you decide to rent it. Even if you usually like those movies, this one doesn't seem like it was thought out very well.
The Green Light started out to be an interesting film. Errol, a dedicated doctor, makes a judgment call to operate on a patient, even though the main surgeon wasn't present. Halfway through the operation, a senior doctor shows up and takes over. The patient dies, and Errol willingly take the fall for it.
I assumed the rest of the movie would be about him trying to clear his name and get reinstated in the hospital. Unfortunately, his character had other plans. The title refers to a sermon delivered by Sir Cedric Hardwicke in the film, and as Errol's character was previously shown to not be a very religious person, it's pretty obvious what direction the movie plans to take. This isn't a hospital movie, it's a religious movie, so keep that in mind if you decide to rent it. Even if you usually like those movies, this one doesn't seem like it was thought out very well.
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- HotToastyRag
- Jun 10, 2020
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- $513,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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