Green Grow the Rushes (film)
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Green Grow the Rushes is a 1951 British comedy film directed by Derek N. Twist and starring Roger Livesey, Richard Burton and Honor Blackman. It was the first film to be released by ACT Films, an entity formed by a trade union for filmmakers.[2][3] The film was produced by John Gossage and funded by the National Film Finance Corporation and the Co-Operative Wholesale Society Bank.[4] It is an adaptation of the 1949 novel of the same title by Howard Clewes.
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Directed by | Derek N. Twist |
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Based on | Green Grow the Rushes by Howard Clewes |
Produced by | John W. Gossage |
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Cinematography | Harry Waxman |
Edited by | Hazel Wilkinson |
Music by | Lambert Williamson |
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Distributed by | British Lion Films |
Release date | 6 November 1951 |
Running time | 77 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | $250,000[1] |
It was made at Elstree Studios near London with sets the designed by the art director Frederick Pusey. Location shooting took place on the coastal Romney Marsh around the town of New Romney.[5]