The Green Man (film)

The Green Man
Film poster
Directed byRobert Day
Basil Dearden (uncredited)
Written byFrank Launder
Sidney Gilliat
StarringAlastair Sim
George Cole
Terry-Thomas
Jill Adams
CinematographyGerald Gibbs
Music byCedric Thorpe Davie
Release date
  • 1956 (1956)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Green Man is a 1956 black and white British black comedy film directed by Robert Day and starring Alastair Sim, George Cole, Terry-Thomas and Jill Adams.[1] The screenplay was by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat, based on the play Meet a Body.[2][3]

In the film, a professional contract killer and his assistant plan the murder of a prominent businessman. The murder is scheduled to take place during the businessman's stay at a seaside hotel. However a salesman and his new female partner have learned of the murder plans, and they are actively trying to prevent the murder.

  1. ^ "The Green Man". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Production of Meet a Body | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
  3. ^ "The Green Man (1956)". BFI. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016.