The Green Man

The Green Man (1956)

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.

Date of release
1956-12-21
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (41)
Runtime
1h 20m
Genres
Comedy, Crime
Director
Robert Day, Basil Dearden

Casting

Interesting facts

The Green Man is a 1956 black and white British black comedy film that was directed by Robert Day and starring Alastair Sim, George Cole, Terry-Thomas and Jill Adams. The screenplay was by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat, based on the play Meet a Body.

Production

Cole's then-wife, Eileen Moore, appeared in the film as the typist with whom Upshott has a liaison.

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