The Green Man - Film - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)
Genre
Released
Stars
Alastair Sim, George Cole, Terry-Thomas, Jill Adams, Raymond Huntley, Colin Gordon, Avril Angers, John Chandos and more
Writers
Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder
Director
Producers
Frank Launder, Sidney Gilliat and Leslie Gilliat
Company
Harry Hawkins is a mild-mannered watchmaker by day - but in reality the majority of his income comes from his longer-term work as a professional hitman for hire.
Specialising in bumping off those bloated and important figures - ambassadors, dictators, industrialists and the like - his latest client is a Middle Eastern group who wish Sir Gregory Upshott to be dispatched with before he can visit the region.
After inveigling his way into the affections of Upshott's middle-aged spinster secretary, the plan is arranged: but he had not bargained on a stray sheet of carbon paper arousing her suspicions and causing a visit to Hawkins's home address.
A further mix-up between his cleaner, a vacuum cleaner salesman named William Blake, and the newly-sold property next-door, leads to Blake and the house's new owner, Ann, seeing something they really shouldn't. Piecing two and two together, the pair eventually - and only just - make four, and head hot on the trail of Hawkins and Sir Gregory.
Events build up to a head at a small coastal hotel called The Green Man. With a grumpy hotelier, various couples conducting elicit rendezvous, and a trio of incompetent elderly musicians thrown into the mix, Ann and Blake's frantic search for Sir Gregory gets under way.
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Additional details
UK certificate
A
Duration
80 minutes
Distributors
Production
Studio
Camera set-up
Single camera
Picture
Black and white
Website links
Broadcast details
Next repeats
- Wednesday at 11am on Film4
Most recent repeats
- Thursday 26th September 2024 at 12:55pm on Film4
- Wednesday 22nd May 2024 at 1:10pm on Film4
- Thursday 16th May 2024 at 3:15pm on Film4
Recording details
- Shepperton Studios