The Boy With Green Hair.

Duration: 82 min.

Year Published: 1948

Format: 35mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: A modern fable about the unhappy plight of children in a war-torn world. After an orphan's hair turns green overnight, he is jeered at by the townsfolk. Eventually his hair becomes a symbol for the need of tolerance and peace.

Complete Record: THE BOY WITH GREEN HAIR. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1948. Presented by Dore Schary. 82 min., sd., color, 35mm. Summary: A modern fable about the unhappy plight of children in a war-torn world. After an orphan's hair turns green overnight, he is jeered at by the townsfolk. Eventually his hair becomes a symbol for the need of tolerance and peace. Credits: Producer, Stephen Ames; director, Joseph Losey; story, Betsy Beaton; screenplay, Ben Barzman, Alfred Lewis Levitt; music, Leigh Harline; music director, C. Bakaleinikoff; film editor, Frank Doyle. Cast: Pat O'Brien, Robert Ryan, Barbara Hale, Dean Stockwell, Richard Lyon. © RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.; 24Nov48; LP2012.