Though Green Grow the Rushes has the look and feel of an Ealing comedy, the film was actually produced through the auspices of British Lion. The story takes place on the southern coast of England, where through a bureaucratic oversight a small patch of land in Kent is protected from outside legal intervention by an ancient charter. It is here that a group of liquor smugglers, headed by Captain Biddie (Roger Livesey), carries on its activities with impunity and with full cooperation of the regional politicians. The fun begins when a cargo of precious potables ends up in a duck pond owned by a local farmer, sparking an onslaught of governmental foolishness. Two future stars carry the slim romantic subplot in Green Grow the Rushes: Honor Blackman plays a well-meaning newspaper columnist, while Richard Burton shows up as a slovenly smuggler (this was Burton's final British film before his move to Hollywood). ~ Hal Erickson

Director:Derek N. Twist
Writers:Howard Clewes (novel)
Derek N. Twist (writer)

Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification
Roger Livesey ... Capt. Cedric Biddle
Honor Blackman ... Meg Cuffley
Richard Burton ... Robert 'Bob' Hammond
Frederick Leister ... Col. Gill
John Salew ... Herbert Finch
Colin Gordon ... Roderick Fisherwick
Geoffrey Keen ... Spencer Prudhoe
Cyril Smith ... Hubert Hewitt
Eliot Makeham ... James Urquhart
Jack McNaughton ... Bailiff Sgt. Edgar Rigby
Vida Hope ... Polly Bainbridge
Russell Waters ... Joseph Bainbridge (farmer)
Archie Duncan ... Constable Pettigrew
Arnold Ridley ... Tom Cuffley
Gilbert Davis ... Whitley
Harcourt Williams ... Judge
John Stamp ... King Henry III
Bryan Forbes ... Fred Starling - Biddle crew member
Harold Goodwin ... Gosling
Henrik Jacobsen ... Sigismund
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Betty Shale ... Mrs. Bush (uncredited)

Also Known As:
Brandy Ashore
Runtime:USA:77 min
Country:UK
Language:English
Color:Black and White
Sound Mix:Mono