Yellow Canary

In 1940 Sally Maitland is forced to leave England, ostracised as a Nazi sympathiser by everyone including her well-to-do family. On the ship to Halifax, Canada, she is courted by Polish aristocrat Jan Orloch and by awkward British navel intelligence officer Jimmy Garrick. She shows herself somewhat more amenable to Orloch's advances, and agrees to meet his mother in Halifax. Once there however, it becomes clear no-one is really who they say they are.

Cast

Anna Neagle

Anna Neagle

as Sally Maitland

Richard Greene

Richard Greene

as Lieutenant Commander Jim Garrick

Nova Pilbeam

Nova Pilbeam

as Betty Maitland

Albert Lieven

Albert Lieven

as Jan Orlock

Lucie Mannheim

Lucie Mannheim

as Madame Orlock

George Thorpe

George Thorpe

as Colonel Charles Hargraves

Marjorie Fielding

Marjorie Fielding

as Lady Maitland

Franklin Dyall

Franklin Dyall

as Captain Foster

Margaret Rutherford

Margaret Rutherford

as Mrs. Towcester

Claude Bailey

Claude Bailey

as Major Fothergill

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Anna Neagle ("Sally") is quite efficient as the supposed Nazi sympathiser who abandons her family in a frequently bombed London and heads to the safety of Nova Scotia. En route, she attracts the attention of both the suave Polish officer "Jan Orlock" (Albert Lieven) and of the apparently hapless Bri...

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