The Green Man (1957)

  • NR
  • 05/22/1957 (US)
  • Comedy, Crime
  • 1h 20m

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.

Robert Day

Director

Basil Dearden

Director

Frank Launder

Screenplay

Sidney Gilliat

Screenplay

Cast

Alastair Sim's headshot

Alastair Sim

Hawkins
George Cole's headshot

George Cole

William Blake
Terry-Thomas's headshot

Terry-Thomas

Charles Boughtflower
Jill Adams's headshot

Jill Adams

Ann Vincent
Raymond Huntley's headshot

Raymond Huntley

Sir Gregory Upshott
Colin Gordon's headshot

Colin Gordon

Reginald Willoughby-Cruft
Avril Angers's headshot

Avril Angers

Marigold
John Chandos's headshot

John Chandos

McKechnie

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