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The Green Man (1956) [VHS] [1961]

VHS ~ Alastair Sim
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Alastair Sim, George Cole, Terry-Thomas, Jill Adams, Dora Bryan
  • Directors: Robert Day
  • Format: Black & White, PAL
  • Language English
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • VHS Release Date: 6 Jul 1998
  • Run Time: 76 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004CJ64
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 9,876 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Amazon.co.uk Review

The Green Man is a charming film that carries a wickedly subversive streak of black humour sqarely on the back of Alastair Simms' disgruntled criminal mastermind. Planning to assassinate a windbag MP, his dastardly plot is embroiled in a comedy of errors when George Cole's vacuum cleaning demonstration turns up a corpse in the piano at Simms' Windyridge cottage. Teaming up with the long-legged neighbour Cole tracks down the bomb to a secret hideaway for the MP--a pub called the Green Man. This is the sort of masterful comedy that deftly gets away with confusing the audience who are never sure whose side they should be cheering. When Simms' carefully timed explosive device threatens to decimate a lounge bar trip of old dears, it is hilarious fun to be manipulated into hoping he can speed up their performance enough to whisk them to the safety of a gin and tonic elsewhere. This is a gem in both British comedy and the great Alastair Simms treasury. --Paul Tonks


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Alastair Sim appears as a timid clockmaker with a part-time job - International Assassination Expert. He finds himself in real trouble when he stalks the wrong target, blowing up a boring politician instead. And now he must pay the price...

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54 of 55 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A British classic, 20 Jul 2007
By S J Buck (Kent, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Green Man [DVD] [1956] (DVD)
This is a marvellous black comedy that holds up to repeated viewings. Starring the great Alistair Sim but also featuring George Cole, Terry Thomas, Dora Bryan and a few other faces you will probably recognise. Sim plays Hawkins a clock-maker by trade but really a freelance assassin. Hawkins wants to kill, or is paid to kill, a pompous and boring man Sir Gregory Upshoot who is having a naughty weekend away at the Green Man.

Things go wrong right from the start. George Cole is a vacuum cleaner salesman who turns up unexpectedly resulting in series of brilliant scenes before the visit to the Green Man. You can tell when watching this that it was based on a play, but this doesn't detract from the clever script and high class performances. Perhaps best of all is the chess game that Hawkins plays with a local Policeman. As Hawkins, Alistair Sim is as always the master of telling you everything from a little contortion of his face, and the chess game scenes are the highlight for me.

Its also a chance to look back to a different age. There are a number of scenes (maybe shot in Surrey or somewhere like that) flmed outside a lovely detached house and the road is empty. Not a car to be seen, and when one does pull up it seems very odd, but in those days cars were comparitively rare.

This used to available as a double bill with School for Scoundrels (not the recent remake!). Now that was some double bill. However the film is worthy of an independent release. Buy now before it gets deleted again.
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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Highly Entertaining Black Comedy, 20 Sep 2007
By David Lusher (London England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Green Man [DVD] [1956] (DVD)

This is a wonderful black comedy starring the incomparable Alastair Sim as a clockmaker, who is secretly one of the world's foremost assassins. He takes a pride in his work, is self-important, and not used to things going wrong. However, when George Cole comes on the scene as a bungling vacuum cleaner salesman, Sim's latest assassination plans begin to unravel. Lots of laughs in this film, which is also available as a double set with 'School for Scoundrels' (Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas and Alastair Sim).
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Alistair Sim, 5 Oct 2001
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If you like Alistair Sim, arguably Britain's finest comedy actor, you'll love this. The range of facial expression he uses to convey his anguish at the thwarting of his plans by circumstances beyond his control is simply superb. Ably assisted by George Cole (as in so many of his films) this film is a gentle comic reminder of a time gone by.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Certainly made me feel green! with movie sickness! an awful movie!
Terry Thomas, Alastair Sim, Jill Adams, George Cole.... how could these greats combine to make a stinker?
They did and it's The Green Man. Read more
Published 12 days ago by Justice Peace

3.0 out of 5 stars Green Man Review

Good light hearted film....can tell it used to be a play !
I bought this film,having read on a locations website that it was filmed in Weybridge,Surrey. Hmm... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Natalie Morgan

5.0 out of 5 stars Green Man
The Green Man is a delightful old-fashioned British comedy typical of the 1950's and includes several excellent comedy actors of the era. Read more
Published 9 months ago by M. Simpson

3.0 out of 5 stars charming but twee
It's a nice film but not one of the greats. Alistair Sim is - as always - magnificent. But George Cole and Jill Adams are increasingly irritating as the hapless couple at the... Read more
Published 9 months ago by classic 1965

5.0 out of 5 stars Flawless British comedy
Well, what can I say that hasn't already been said by the other reviews? If you still haven't seen The Green Man, and you're still not convinced by the rave reviews on here, then... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Norman Cheeseworthy

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding black comedy.
The Green Man is a super black comedy. Eveything about this movie is great. Full of the superstars of their day. Real proper actings who can make people laugh. Read more
Published 15 months ago by "Smith" Reader

5.0 out of 5 stars Alistair Sim is brilliant
Wonderful black comedy. Any movie with Alistair Sim in it is bound to be enjoyable. I buy any DVD with him in it, and I have most of them. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Janet M. Nicolson

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic English farce with a dark sense of humour
This film's theatrical origins are very noticable, but it doesn't take away from the enjoyment at all. In fact it is quite filmic with some good location scenes. Read more
Published on 2 Sep 2007 by Lou Knee

4.0 out of 5 stars one and only alastair sim.
an extremely funny black comedy, mainly due to the effortless performance of the ever watchable alastair sim. Read more
Published on 22 Jul 2006 by Mr. A. E. Ward Davies

5.0 out of 5 stars An age of innocence
A brilliant movie, taken from the play Meet a Body. Sim is the clock maker with designs on blowing up a rather pompous politician. Read more
Published on 26 Oct 2002 by Angela Sarah

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