The Green Man (1956) DVD

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The Green Man (1956)

Directors:

Robert Day, Basil Dearden (uncredited)

Writers:

Sidney Gilliat (play), Sidney Gilliat (screenplay)

Stars:

Alastair Sim, George Cole, Terry-Thomas

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.

Here is the link to the film at the Internet Movie database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050456/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

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Interesting British humor and characters

Posted by TXB on Mar 17th 2022

This one's a black-comedy. A funny assassin. Kind of a comedy of errors throughout. It's kind of dated. Alistair Sim looks kind of like a vampire with his black sunken eyes and pointy teeth. Overall, I enjoyed it, particularly the vacuum salesman and bride to be.
Zeus makes quality DVDs.
FYI: Not closed captioned. Hard of hearing people be aware.