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The Green Man is a British film of genre Comedy directed by Basil Dearden released in USA on 22 may 1957 with Alastair Sim

The Green Man (1956)

The Green Man
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Released in USA 22 may 1957
Length 1h20
Directed by ,    
Genres Comedy,    Crime
Rating70% 3.545783.545783.545783.545783.54578

The Green Man is a 1956 British black comedy film based on the play Meet a Body by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat, who produced and adapted the big-screen version.

Synopsis

Freelance assassin Hawkins (Sim) has plans to blow up Sir Gregory Upshott, a Cabinet minister (Huntley) when the latter is discovered to be having an affair, about to be consummated at the Green Man Hotel. However his plans are accidentally uncovered and foiled by vacuum cleaner salesman Blake (Cole) who forges an unlikely alliance with Ann (Adams), engaged to be married to a rather stuffy BBC announcer, Willoughby-Cruft (Gordon). The latter relationship breaks down when Willoughby-Cruft finds his fiancée under their bed with Blake and later, in her lingerie, accidentally entangled on the floor with him. As such, there are some romantic (and not-at-all romantic) interludes and Hawkins briefly has the task of trying to deal with Upshott's secretary, a friendly policeman, and prepare his bomb at the same time.

Actors

Alastair Sim

(Hawkins)George Cole

(William Blake)Terry-Thomas

(Charles Boughtflower)Jill Adams

(Ann Vincent)Raymond Huntley

(Sir Gregory Upshott)
And :
Colin Gordon
Avril Angers
Dora Bryan
John Chandos
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