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The Green Man

1956 · 1h 20m · Comedy, Crime · United Kingdom · Rated PG (GB)

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

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.

Directed by
Robert Day, Basil Dearden
Written by
Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder
Starring
Alastair Sim, George Cole, Terry-Thomas, Jill Adams
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