The Green Man (film)

Plot

Freelance assassin Hawkins (Sim) is contracted to blow up Sir Gregory Upshott, a Cabinet minister (Huntley), and to that end he feigns courtship of Upshott's secretary, Marigold (Angers). He decides to do the deed at the Green Man Hotel, where Upshott will be spending an illicit weekend. However, Hawkins' plan is accidentally uncovered by vacuum cleaner salesman Blake (Cole) who forges an unlikely alliance with Ann (Adams) who is engaged to a rather stuffy BBC announcer, Willoughby-Cruft (Gordon). That 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. There are some romantic, and some not-at-all romantic, interludes as Hawkins tries to deliver his bomb.

Cast

Alastair Sim as Harry Hawkins

George Cole as William Blake

Terry-Thomas as Charles Boughtflower

Jill Adams as Ann Vincent

Raymond Huntley as Sir Gregory Upshott

Colin Gordon as Reginald Willoughby-Cruft

Avril Angers as Marigold

Dora Bryan as Lily

John Chandos as McKechnie

Cyril Chamberlain as Police Sergeant Bassett

Richard Wattis as Doctor

Lucy Griffiths as Annabel

Arthur Brough as Landlord

Arthur Lowe as Radio salesman

Eileen Moore as Sir Gregory's weekend companion, Joan Moore

Alexander Gauge as Chairman

Peter Bull as General Niva

Willoughby Goddard as Statesman

Michael Ripper as Waiter

Marie Burke as Felicity

Production

Cole's then wife, Eileen Moore, appeared in the film as the typist with whom Upshott has a liaison.

The film, rated U, has been re-released on Region 2 DVD with School for Scoundrels.

Novel

The film was produced some 13 years prior to a Kingsley Amis novel The Green Man. There are no connections between the two.