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"

Dec 21 1956 Not Rated 1h 20m
Comedy

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.

Plot

Work has been going with a bang for freelance assassin Hawkins but a job in England is a different matter. His apparently easy target, a pompous government minister, is off for some hanky-panky at the Green Man on the south coast, where Hawkins is planning to retire him for good. But before he can get on with this the hit-man has a procession of unwanted visitors at home to dispose of - one way or another.

Written by

Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder

Directed by

Robert Day, Basil Dearden

Cast

Alastair Sim, George Cole, Terry-Thomas

Crew

View crew

Production Countries

United Kingdom

Production Companies

Grenadier Films

Languages

English

Awards

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award1 nomination total

Trailers
Terry-Thomas in "The Green Man" - (1956)
Scores
# of Votes
2,488
Average Rating
7.1 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA