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Green Grow the Rushes

Green Grow the Rushes

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 6, 1951

Runtime

1h 17m

Genres

Comedy, Thriller

User Score

58%

Original Title

Green Grow the Rushes

Production Companies

A.C.T. Films, British Lion Film Corporation

Director

Derek N. Twist

Description

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.