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Green Grow the Rushes (1951)

Green Grow the Rushes (1951)

Comedy Thriller
Release Date: 1951, November 6
Directors: Derek N. Twist
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: A.C.T. Films, British Lion Film Corporation
Cast: Richard Burton, Honor Blackman, Harold Goodwin, Geoffrey Keen, Harcourt Williams, Colin Gordon, Frederick Leister, Russell Waters, Roger Livesey, Arnold Ridley, Vida Hope, Archie Duncan

Overview:

Efforts to move Britain into the modern age don't sit well with the people of the small village of Anderia Marsh, who have claimed a right (going back to Henry III) to evade government-imposed import duties and taxes. And when the government decides to curb this right, the whole village quietly rises up in a comical rebellion. After their vessel runs aground during a storm and is impounded by the British authorities, local smugglers must find a way of disposing of their contraband brandy cargo before it's discovered by the Customs Officers.

Keywords:

based on novel or book smuggling (contraband)