The Green Man (1956)

12/21/1956 (GB) • 1h 20m

Comedy, Crime

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.

Top Billed Cast

George Cole

William Blake

Terry-Thomas

Charles Boughtflower

Jill Adams

Ann Vincent

Raymond Huntley

Sir Gregory Upshott

Colin Gordon

Reginald Willoughby-Cruft

Avril Angers

Marigold

John Chandos

McKechnie

Eileen Moore

Joan Wood


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

hotel

assassin

dark comedy

salesman

seaside

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