The Green Man (1956)

7.0/10 80 min Comedy Crime

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.

Cast

Alastair Sim

Hawkins

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

Arthur Brough

Landlord

Dora Bryan

Lily

Richard Wattis

Doctor

Alexander Gauge

Chairman

Cyril Chamberlain

Sergeant Bassett

Marie Burke

Felicity

Lucy Griffiths

Annabel

Arthur Lowe

Radio Salesman

Peter Bull

General Niva

Willoughby Goddard

Statesman

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