The Green Man

Dec 21, 1956

1h 20m

★ 7.0

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

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.

Genres

Comedy

Crime

Production Companies

Grenadier Films

The Green Man Trailers

Cast

Hawkins

Alastair Sim

William Blake

George Cole

Charles Boughtflower

Terry-Thomas

Ann Vincent

Jill Adams

Sir Gregory Upshott

Raymond Huntley

Reginald Willoughby-Cruft

Colin Gordon

Marigold

Avril Angers

McKechnie

John Chandos

Joan Wood

Eileen Moore

Landlord

Arthur Brough

Lily

Dora Bryan

Doctor

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