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70% Critic Match
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”
7.0 / 10• 1956• 1h 20m•NR• English
ComedyCrime
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Alastair Sim
Hawkins
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Robert Day's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Green Man is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
