The read
It runs a compact 1h 20m.
Synopsis
Unknown to everyone but his shady Middle Eastern bosses, watchmaker Hawkins is actually a professional hired assassin with a predilection for killing his targets with bombs. After disposing of a dictator and millionaire, Hawkins is assigned to kill a politician who is heading to a remote hotel, The Green Man, for a secret tryst with his secretary. There, however, Hawkins' plot is discovered by vacuum salesman William Blake, who determines to stop him.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
39 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert DayDirector
- Basil DeardenDirector
- Frank LaunderScreenplay
- Sidney GilliatScreenplay
- Cedric Thorpe DavieOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Alastair SimHawkins
- George ColeWilliam Blake
- Terry-ThomasCharles Boughtflower
- Jill AdamsAnn Vincent
- Raymond HuntleySir Gregory Upshott
- Colin GordonReginald Willoughby-Cruft
- Avril AngersMarigold
- John ChandosMcKechnie
- Eileen MooreJoan Wood
- Arthur BroughLandlord
- Dora BryanLily
- Richard WattisDoctor
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Themes
hotelassassindark comedysalesmanblack and whiteseaside