Hard to see where the meaningless title Green Carnation has come from. This has always been known as The Green Buddha, the stolen statuette worth around fifty thousand pounds, a small fortune in 1954.
The plot has marked similarities to that of Cross Channel, another of Republic Pictures' ventures into British 'B' movies at the time, and also starring the amiable Wayne Morris. In the former he operated a charter boat, in this he's in the air-taxi business, and in both he gets involved with a gang of double-crossing crooks. Mary Germaine, attractive leading lady of British second features of this time, gets to sing on a couple of occasions, though it's not clear if her voice is dubbed. The only other notable aspect is some location shooting at Battersea Fun Fair.
The plot has marked similarities to that of Cross Channel, another of Republic Pictures' ventures into British 'B' movies at the time, and also starring the amiable Wayne Morris. In the former he operated a charter boat, in this he's in the air-taxi business, and in both he gets involved with a gang of double-crossing crooks. Mary Germaine, attractive leading lady of British second features of this time, gets to sing on a couple of occasions, though it's not clear if her voice is dubbed. The only other notable aspect is some location shooting at Battersea Fun Fair.