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Overall, 'The Boy with Green Hair' is both an intriguing children fantasy and a powerful anti-war fable, tinged with that childhood innocence that makes every ideal seem so attainable. 14 out of 15 found this helpful.
Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Oddball allegory about an orphaned boy whose hair turns green overnight. Is he prophet or pariah?
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- Pat O'brien
- Joseph Losey
- Drama
The Boy with Green Hair: Directed by Joseph Losey. With Pat O'Brien, Robert Ryan, Barbara Hale, Dean Stockwell. This parable looks at public reaction when the hair of an American war orphan mysteriously turns green.
- Joseph Losey
- 52 sec
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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.
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Young Dean Stockwell shows amazing thought and skill in playing The Boy With the Green Hair -- shown off admirably in the film's Technicolor. Full Review | Jul 21, 2021
May 10, 2019 · The Boy with Green Hair. Joseph Losey’s 1948 fantasy is both a potent liberal allegory—about the persecution of a child (Dean Stockwell) who looks different from other kids—and an eye ...
Mar 11, 2017 · THE BOY WITH THE GREEN HAIR: A 1948 REVIEW. One of my guilty pleasures when I was first collecting movies was The Boy With The Green Hair. At the time it was a rare movie that was just different. I liked it though. Here is the original 1948 review by Bosley Crowther from the New York Times of January 13, 1949...
