Alastair Sim is Mr. Hawkins, a professional assassin working for middle eastern interests who want to stop the imminent visit by British politician Gregory Upshott(Raymond Huntley) from a visit to that area of the world. The place chosen for the "hit" is a coastal hostelry called "The Green Man" run by Arthur Borough ("Are You Being Served?").
Unfortunately for Hawkins, a bumbling vacuum-cleaner salesman (George Cole) and the fiancé of a BBC news-reader (Jill Adams) are on to the plot and hope either to warn Upshott of his impending assassination or find where the explosive is hidden.
Good turns by all of the above. Terry-Thomas, in a brief appearance as a philanderer who thinks his wife has set private eyes to follow him, is also amusing as usual. "The Green Man" is one of the few movies you'll wish was longer.
Unfortunately for Hawkins, a bumbling vacuum-cleaner salesman (George Cole) and the fiancé of a BBC news-reader (Jill Adams) are on to the plot and hope either to warn Upshott of his impending assassination or find where the explosive is hidden.
Good turns by all of the above. Terry-Thomas, in a brief appearance as a philanderer who thinks his wife has set private eyes to follow him, is also amusing as usual. "The Green Man" is one of the few movies you'll wish was longer.