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The Green Man

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

19566.91h 20m

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.

Directed by Robert Day
Written by Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder
Produced by Frank Launder, Sidney Gilliat
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Top Cast

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

Themes & Keywords

hotelassassindark comedysalesmanblack and whiteseaside

About The Green Man

The Green Man is a comedy, crime film released in 1956 exploring themes of hotel, assassin, dark comedy, salesman, black and white, seaside. Directed by Robert Day, it stars Alastair Sim, George Cole, Terry-Thomas. 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.

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