The Green Man (1956)
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Alistair Sim plays a mild, innocuous little watchmaker who spends his off-hours as a professional assassin. His present target is windbag cabinet member Raymond Huntley. After various misfire attempts, Sim plants a bomb in a small radio and waits for the tube to warm up--but the authorities by now… More Alistair Sim plays a mild, innocuous little watchmaker who spends his off-hours as a professional assassin. His present target is windbag cabinet member Raymond Huntley. After various misfire attempts, Sim plants a bomb in a small radio and waits for the tube to warm up--but the authorities by now are on to him. The Green Man has some excellent setpieces, notably a droll snatch of black humor involving a body stuffed in a piano. The film's only debit is that, in the play upon which it is based, Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat's Meet the Body, Sim's character is secondary, almost peripheral. By reshaping the film into a star vehicle, much of the play's intimate (albeit ghoulish) charm is dissipated. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Robert Day, Basil Dearden
- Written By
- Frank Launder, Sidney Gilliat
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1956 Wide
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Cast
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Alastair Sim
as Hawkins
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George Cole
as William Blake
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Jill Adams
as Ann Vincent
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Avril Angers
as Marigold
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John Chandos
as McKecknie
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Dora Bryan
as Lily
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Colin Gordon
as Reginald
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Eileen Moore
as Joan Wood
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Raymond Huntley
as Sir Gregory Upshoot
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Cyril Chamberlain
as Sgt. Bassett
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Doris Yorke
as Mrs. Bostock
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Arthur Brough
as Landlord
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Marie Burke
as Felicity
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Vivienne Wood
as Annabel
- Terry Alexander
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Alexander Gauge
as Chairman
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Lucy Griffiths
as Annabel
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Arthur Lowe
as Radio Salesman
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Michael Ripper
as Waiter
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Terry-Thomas
as Boughtflower
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Richard Wattis
as Doctor
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Leslie Weston
as Porter
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Peter Bull
as General Niva
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Willoughby Goddard
as Statesman
