The Boy with Green Hair | |
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Directed by | Joseph Losey |
Screenplay by | Ben Barzman Alfred Lewis Levitt |
Based on | "The Boy with Green Hair" 1946 story in This Week by Betsy Beaton |
Produced by | Dore Schary |
Starring | Pat O'Brien Robert Ryan Barbara Hale Dean Stockwell Robert Lyon |
Cinematography | George Barnes |
Edited by | Frank Doyle |
Music by | Leigh Harline Constantin Bakaleinikoff |
Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $900,000[2] or $800,000[3] |
The Boy with Green Hair is a 1948 American fantasy-drama film in Technicolor directed by Joseph Losey in his feature film directorial debut.[4][5] It stars Dean Stockwell as Peter, a young war orphan who is subject to ridicule after his hair mysteriously turns green, and is based on the 1946 short story of the same name by Betsy Beaton. Co-stars include Pat O'Brien, Robert Ryan, and Barbara Hale.
According to director Joseph Losey, "the original story was a fantasy about racial discrimination," but it was eventually rewritten as an allegorical anti-war story, with the message that war always damages children.[6]
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