The Green Man (Original title)
Dates: 1956 (Copyright), 29 October 1956 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Robert Day
Synopsis: Story of a professional assassin, who is defeated in his attempt to blow up an important Government figure at a seaside hotel, by a vacuum salesman.
Genres: Comedy, Crime
Subjects: Hit men, Political assassinations, Hotels, Bombs
Releases
Date: 1956Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 90 mins Length: 7195 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: February 2019Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 90 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Title: Home movies: reviewsAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Today's Cinema v87 n7596 29 Aug 1956 Page: 7
Title: [Today's Cinema - v87 n7596 29 Aug 1956: no known title]Language: English
Description: Rev.
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2559 30 Aug 1956 Page: 14
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2559 30 Aug 1956: no known title]Language: English
In: Daily Film Renter n7200 29 Aug 1956 Page: 6
Title: [Daily Film Renter - n7200 29 Aug 1956: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v23 n273 October 1956 Page: 125
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v23 n273 October 1956: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(4)
Accessible materials to view(2)
Description: VHS cassetteBFI identifier: C-1031114
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: 16mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 2858 FeetStock date: 1956BFI identifier: C-806015
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Video materials(1)
Description: VHS cassetteBFI identifier: C-1031114
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Film materials(3)
Description: 16mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 2858 FeetStock date: 1956BFI identifier: C-806015
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedStock date: 1986BFI identifier: N-3615907
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm PositiveBase: SafetyBFI identifier: C-72740
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Dates: 1956 (Copyright), 29 October 1956 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Robert Day
Synopsis: Story of a professional assassin, who is defeated in his attempt to blow up an important Government figure at a seaside hotel, by a vacuum salesman.
Genres: Comedy, Crime
Subjects: Hit men, Political assassinations, Hotels, Bombs
Releases
Date: 1956Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 90 mins Length: 7195 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: February 2019Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 90 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Credits
(49)
[Director - Pre-production]: Alastair Sim, Production Company: Grenadier Films Production, Presented and Produced by: Frank Launder, Sidney Gilliat, Associate Producer: Leslie Gilliat, Unit Manager: John Pellatt, [Supervisor]: Basil Dearden, [Production Secretary]: Sheila O'Donnell, Assistant Director: Douglas Hermes, [Assistant Director (2nd)]: Peter Price, [Assistant Director (3rd)]: David Tringham, Continuity: Olga Brook, Screenplay by: Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder, From their play "Meet a Body": Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder, Director of Photography: Gerald Gibbs, Camera Operator: Alan Hume, [Focus Puller]: Godfrey Godar, [Clapper Loader]: Ian Muir, [Stills]: Norman Hargood, Special Effects: Wally Veevers, Special Effects: George Samuels, [Special Effects]: Basil Manning, Editor: Bernard Gribble, [Assistant Editor]: Eric Brown, [Assistant Editor (2nd)]: Jeremy Saunders, Art Director: Wilfred Shingleton, [Assistant Art Director]: John Hoesli, [Draughtsman]: Frank Wilson, Dress Designer: Anna Duse, Makeup: Trevor Crole-Rees, Hairdressing: Bill Griffiths, Music Composed by: Cedric Thorpe Davie, [Music] Played by: Sinfonia of London, [Music] Conducted by: Muir Mathieson, Sound Supervisor: John Cox, Sound Recordist: Buster Ambler, Red Law, [Sound Camera Operator]: Harry Tate, James Dooley, [Sound Maintenance]: Eric Vincent, [Boom Operator]: Ken Ritchie, [Boom Assistant]: Fred Peters, Dubbing Editor: John Glen, [Publicity]: Ken Green, Victor Betts, Produced at: Shepperton Studios
Cast
(29)
Alastair Sim (Harry Hawkins), George Cole (William Blake), Terry-Thomas (Charles Boughtflower), Jill Adams (Ann Vincent), Raymond Huntley (Sir Gregory Upshott), Colin Gordon (Reginald Willoughby-Cruft), Avril Angers (Marigold), John Chandos (Angus McKechnie), Eileen Moore (Joan Wood), Arthur Brough (landlord), Dora Bryan (Lily), Richard Wattis (doctor), Alexander Gauge (chairman), Cyril Chamberlain (Police Sergeant Bassett), Vivien Wood (leader of trio), Marie Burke (Felicity), Lucy Griffiths (Annabel), Arthur Lowe (radio salesman), Peter Bull (General Niva), Willoughby Goddard (statesman launching ship), Michael Ripper (waiter), Leslie Weston (porter), Doris Yorke (Mrs Bostock), Terence Alexander ([radio announcer]), Ian Hobbs, Kevin Kelly, Michael Saunders, Raymond Dudley, Murray Yeo ([uncredited])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
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In: Sight and Sound v13 n7 July 2003 Page: 63Title: Home movies: reviewsAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Today's Cinema v87 n7596 29 Aug 1956 Page: 7
Title: [Today's Cinema - v87 n7596 29 Aug 1956: no known title]Language: English
Description: Rev.
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2559 30 Aug 1956 Page: 14
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2559 30 Aug 1956: no known title]Language: English
In: Daily Film Renter n7200 29 Aug 1956 Page: 6
Title: [Daily Film Renter - n7200 29 Aug 1956: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v23 n273 October 1956 Page: 125
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v23 n273 October 1956: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(4)
Accessible materials to view(2)
Description: VHS cassetteBFI identifier: C-1031114
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: 16mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 2858 FeetStock date: 1956BFI identifier: C-806015
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Video materials(1)
Description: VHS cassetteBFI identifier: C-1031114
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Film materials(3)
Description: 16mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 2858 FeetStock date: 1956BFI identifier: C-806015
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedStock date: 1986BFI identifier: N-3615907
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm PositiveBase: SafetyBFI identifier: C-72740
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film