The overall construction is an allegorical anti-war story, with the message that war always damages children.

This parable looks at public reaction when the hair of an American war orphan mysteriously turns green. Genre: Drama, Family. Peter Frye, typical American boy, is orphaned when his parents are caught in the London Blitz. This newfound status made Peter start to think about the war, the plight of war orphans, and the sanctity of life. This parable looks at public reaction when the hair of an American war orphan mysteriously turns green.Peter Frye, typical American boy, is orphaned when his parents are caught in the London Blitz. It stars Dean Stockwell as Peter, a young war orphan who is subject to ridicule after his hair mysteriously turns green.

It has stayed with me for the next half-century, and I considered myself very lucky to find a video in a sale bin about ten years ago. The Boy with Green Hair - DVD-R (1949) for $9.60 from OLDIES.com Drama Warner Archive Collection Series Please don't tell why his hair turned green! Although Peter and all those around him had various reactions to his green hair, he eventually came to a belief of what the green hair meant, and the important mission associated with it. His name is Peter Fry, who currently lives with a relative he calls Gramp, despite Gramp not being Peter's true grandfather.

Co-stars include Pat O'Brien, Robert Ryan, and Barbara Hale.

He is not told of their fate, but shuttled from one selfish relative to the next, ending with "Gramp," a kindly ex-vaudevillean.

As he tries to understand why his hair has turned green, the people his community ostracize him and want him to cut his hair off or dye it. American academic Clive Stone is conducting research on pirate lore for a book. It isn't until the police bring in sympathetic child psychologist Dr. Evans that the boy decides to tell his story, including the reason for his shaved head. Joseph Losey's gentle parable concerning tolerance and understanding had the ill luck to be completed right before R.K.O. The youngster enjoy growing up as playmates. Bounced between several relatives, he finally ends up with Gramp.

When farmer Evan's mare has a fine son, he promises the black stallion to his son Joe.

Since his life with his parents, it wasn't until he started living with Gramp, a retired performer who now works as a singing waiter, that Peter felt like a normal boy in a loving and stable home.

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shifted hands to Howard Hughes. I, too, first saw this film a little while after it came out, when I was younger than the main character was supposed to be. Then, you think about his perverse works at the end of the 1960s (Secret Ceremony) or his bombastic ones (Boom!) He manages to sneak some anti-capitalist bits into this, but it is by-and-large a message picture in color with a lot of old school hokum and schmaltz up its sleeve. During World War I, a teenage girl begins a romance with a college student, but his unconventional attitudes cause friction with her father. 41 of 44 people found this review helpful. Comedy The absurd over-reactions of stupid people overturn his life as the story becomes a parable.The police find a pre-teen boy with a shaved head they do not know, and who will not divulge who he is to them. Certificate: Passed

Peter and Gramp, both fond of "Irish bulls," get along fine; but the morning after Peter finally learns he's an orphan, his hair spontaneously turns green!