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The Green Man (1956)

The Green Man (1956)

Crime Comedy

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

Release Date: 1956, December 21
Directors: Robert Day, Basil Dearden
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Grenadier Films
Cast: Terry Thomas, Marie Burke, George Cole, Peter Bull, Richard Wattis, Colin Gordon, Raymond Huntley, Cyril Chamberlain, Lucy Griffiths, Dora Bryan, Arthur Lowe, Vivien Wood

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.

Keywords:

assassin hotel dark comedy black and white salesman seaside