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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 · 1h 20m
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Comedy
Crime

PLOT

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.

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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
Directed by Robert Day

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Grenadier Films
Country
GB

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