The Green Man (1956)
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
80 min
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.
- Release date
- December 21, 1956
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
Where to watch
Free
Kanopy
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Trailer
Cast
- 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 Mc Kechnie
- Eileen Moore as Joan Wood
- Arthur Brough as Landlord
- Dora Bryan as Lily
- Richard Wattis as Doctor
- Alexander Gauge as Chairman
- Cyril Chamberlain as Sergeant Bassett
- Marie Burke as Felicity
- Lucy Griffiths as Annabel
- Arthur Lowe as Radio Salesman
- Peter Bull as General Niva
- Willoughby Goddard as Statesman
- Michael Ripper as Waiter
- Leslie Weston as Porter
- Doris Yorke as Mrs. Bostock
Crew
- Robert Day · Director
- Sidney Gilliat · Writer
- Frank Launder · Writer
- Sidney Gilliat · Producer
- Frank Launder · Producer
- Cedric Thorpe Davie · Composer
- Gerald Gibbs · Cinematographer
- Bernard Gribble · Editor