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The Green Man(1956)
Status: Released
Date: 1956-12-21
69%
36 Votes
Time: 1h 20m
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
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies:
Grenadier Films
Movie: The Green Man
Top 10 Billed 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
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