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The Green Man

The Green Man
★ 7.0/10•1956•1h 20m•NR•Comedy•Crime

The Kind of Picture the British Have a Way With...Things Like Very Merry Murders...Very Unusual Characters...Very Sly Sex...And All Combined in an Uproar of Laughs and Suspense

Unknown to everyone but his shady Middle Eastern bosses, watchmaker Hawkins is actually a professional hired assassin with a predilection for killing his targets with bombs. After disposing of a dictator and millionaire, Hawkins is assigned to kill a politician who is heading to a remote hotel, The Green Man, for a secret tryst with his secretary. There, however, Hawkins' plot is discovered by vacuum salesman William Blake, who determines to stop him.

Robert Day · Director

Basil Dearden · Director

Sidney Gilliat · Screenplay

Frank Launder · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 20m
LanguageEN
Release DateDec 21, 1956

Actors

Alastair Sim

Alastair Sim

Hawkins

George Cole

George Cole

William Blake

Terry-Thomas

Terry-Thomas

Charles Boughtflower

Jill Adams

Jill Adams

Ann Vincent

Raymond Huntley

Raymond Huntley

Sir Gregory Upshott

Colin Gordon

Colin Gordon

Reginald Willoughby-Cruft

Avril Angers

Avril Angers

Marigold

John Chandos

John Chandos

McKechnie

Eileen Moore

Eileen Moore

Joan Wood

Arthur Brough

Arthur Brough

Landlord

Dora Bryan

Dora Bryan

Lily

Richard Wattis

Richard Wattis

Doctor

Alexander Gauge

Alexander Gauge

Chairman

Cyril Chamberlain

Cyril Chamberlain

Sergeant Bassett

Vivien Wood

Leader of Trio

Marie Burke

Marie Burke

Felicity

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