The Green Man
1956 · TMDB 7.0
Directed by Robert Day, Basil Dearden
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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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 sec...
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- Runtime
- 80 min
- Released
- 1956-12-21
- Studio
- Grenadier Films
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- TMDB score
- 7.0
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Robert Day
Director
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Basil Dearden
Director
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Frank Launder
Writer
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Sidney Gilliat
Writer
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Alastair Sim
Hawkins
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George Cole
William Blake
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Terry-Thomas
Charles Boughtflower
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Jill Adams
Ann Vincent
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Raymond Huntley
Sir Gregory Upshott
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Colin Gordon
Reginald Willoughby-Cruft
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Avril Angers
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John Chandos
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