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
1956 | 80m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Robert Day, Basil Dearden |
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| Writer: | Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 21, 1956 |
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| Director: | Robert Day, Basil Dearden |
| Writer: | Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder |
| Genres: | Comedy, Crime |
| Keywords | hotel, assassin, dark comedy, salesman, seaside |
| Production Companies | Grenadier Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 (Update) Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Dora Bryan | Lily |
| Richard Wattis | Doctor |
| Alexander Gauge | Chairman |
| Cyril Chamberlain | Sergeant Bassett |
| Vivien Wood | Leader of Trio |
| Marie Burke | Felicity |
| Lucy Griffiths | Annabel |
| Arthur Lowe | Radio Salesman |
| Peter Bull | General Niva |
| Willoughby Goddard | Statesman |
| Michael Ripper | Waiter |
| Leslie Weston | Porter |
| Doris Yorke | Mrs. Bostock |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Robert Day | Director |
| Sidney Gilliat | Theatre Play, Screenplay |
| Frank Launder | Theatre Play, Screenplay |
| John Glen | Sound Editor |
| Basil Dearden | Director |
| Gerald Gibbs | Director of Photography |
| Wilfred Shingleton | Art Direction |
| Bernard Gribble | Editor |
| John Pellatt | Unit Manager |
| Douglas Hermes | Assistant Director |
| Alan Hume | Camera Operator |
| John Cox | Sound Supervisor |
| Buster Ambler | Sound Recordist |
| Red Law | Sound Recordist |
| Anna Duse | Costume Designer |
| Olga Brook | Continuity |
| Trevor Crole-Rees | Makeup Artist |
| Bill Griffiths | Hairdresser |
| Wally Veevers | Special Effects |
| George Samuels | Special Effects |
| Cedric Thorpe Davie | Original Music Composer |
| Muir Mathieson | Conductor |
| Basil Mannin | Scenic Artist |
| Ken Ritchie | Boom Operator |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Frank Launder | Producer |
| Sidney Gilliat | Producer |
| Leslie Gilliat | Associate Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
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| 2024 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
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