The Green Man
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
1956 · 1h 20m · Not Rated
Comedy, Crime
Directed by
Robert Day
,
Basil Dearden
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Robert Day Director
- Basil Dearden Director
- Alastair Sim as Hawkins
- George Cole as William Blake
- Terry-Thomas as Charles Boughtflower
- Jill Adams as Ann Vincent
- Raymond Huntley as Sir Gregory Upshott
- Colin Gordon as Reginald Willoughby-Cruft
- Avril Angers as Marigold
- John Chandos as McKechnie
- Eileen Moore as Joan Wood
- Arthur Brough as Landlord
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