The Green Man

The Green Man

1956 · 80 min · EN · NR · 7.0 (39 votes)
Dir. Robert Day, Basil Dearden · Starring Alastair Sim, George Cole, Terry-Thomas, Jill Adams, Raymond Huntley, Colin Gordon · Music Cedric Thorpe Davie

“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”

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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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A darkly comedic British caper where a meticulous assassin's plan unravels in a seaside hotel. Expect dry wit, escalating tension, and a wonderfully absurd cat-and-mouse game between killer and salesman.

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