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

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

Crew

Robert Day

Director

Frank Launder

Producer

Sidney Gilliat

Producer

John Glen

Sound Editor

Frank Launder

Theatre Play

Sidney Gilliat

Theatre Play

Basil Dearden

Director

Gerald Gibbs

Director of Photography

Wilfred Shingleton

Art Direction

Bernard Gribble

Editor

Clips & Videos

Terry-Thomas in "The Green Man" - (1956)