Yellow Canary (1943)

“Hitler makes strange bedfellows.” Herbert Wilcox’s Yellow Canary is a moderately entertaining WWII propaganda drama. A bunch of Brits sail to Halifax, Nova Scotia, for reasons I missed. We’re supposed to wonder who’s spying for the Nazis. I was pretty sure from the…

noir1946

"Wouldn't it be nice to do something violent?" Gotta love anti-Nazi propaganda :)

Scott

A fun chunk of wartime espionage with allegiances as fluid as a dry martini and a plot as daffy as scene-stealing Margaret Rutherford. It doesn't quite hang together, and there is one shot that remains curiously unexplained by the end, but it's a jolly jaunt to get there.…

Fint

Herbert Wilcox’s wartime thriller set aboard a cruise ship bound for Canada to Britain. Starring Anna Neagle, Margaret Rutherford and Richard Greene.   The story concerns a ship going to Canada from the United Kingdom holds a secret agent, who is advanced by a Nazi scout…

Luke Thorne

Serviceable midwar propaganda thriller with fun colour from its supporting cast – I loved Margaret Rutherford exclaiming 'wouldn't it be nice to do something violent' before legging up a Nazi and Lucie Mannheim and Sybille Binder as a sinister mother and her even more…

Cate

The question of attribution posed in the opening scene (concerning the authorship of the works of Shakespeare) might reasonably be taken as a signifier that Unity Mitford may or may not be a starting point for this portrait of a socialite and, seemingly, Nazi…

Richmond Hill

A half-decent propaganda flick that doesn't really stretch itself far beyond its remit but still manages to be a relatively entertaining spy thriller. Anna Neagle exchanges barbed quips in her best received pronunciation with family, friends and strangers alike as the…

Dan.

I've grown to greatly appreciate a good spy film produced as part of a propaganda effort during World War II. I stress 'good' here because they churned so many out that they certainly weren't all good, but this one was. A big part of that is Anna Neagle as Sally Maitland, a…

Lowbacca

Solid little espionage picture, with some decent duplicity. Anna Neagle isn't a particular favorite, but she fully embodies her character. Richard Greene is boyishly charming and sweet. Not being terribly familiar with any of the actors made the spyishness much more…

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