The Green Man (1956)
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.
- Released
- 1956-12-21
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime
- Runtime
- 80 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Robert Day, Basil Dearden, Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 from 41 votes
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 McKechnie
- Eileen Moore as Joan Wood
- Arthur Brough as Landlord
- Dora Bryan as Lily
- Richard Wattis as Doctor
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