The Green Cockatoo (1937)

After witnessing the murder of a racketeer (Robert Newton), a young woman (Rene Ray) is pursued by both gangsters and the police. She is aided by a Soho entertainer (John Mills), who is the brother of the victim. Based on a story by Graham Greene (THE THIRD MAN) and directed by William Cameron Menzies ((THINGS TO COME). Despite the impressive names of Graham Greene and William Cameron Menzies in the credits, this is a routine thriller with noir-ish overtones. The most interesting thing about it is the young John Mills in an atypical role playing a tough little thug who works as a song and dance man in a seedy Soho nightclub. It's the kind of part Cagney would have played if this was shot at Warners around the same time. He's very good but unfortunately he's saddled with the wispy and wimpy Rene Ray for a leading lady and they don't give off any sparks. With Charles Oliver and Frank Atkinson.