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Cast
Alastair Sim | As: Hawkins | |
George Cole | As: William Blake | |
Terry-Thomas | As: Charles Boughtflower | |
Jill Adams | As: Ann Vincent | |
Raymond Huntley | As: Sir Gregory Upshott |
Storyline
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.
Tagline: | The Kind of Picture the British Have a Way With...Things Like Very Merry Murders...Very Unusual Characters...Very Sly Sex...And All Combined in an Uproar of Laughs and Suspense |
Certification: | NR |
Cast
Alastair Sim |
Hawkins |
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George Cole |
William Blake |
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Terry-Thomas |
Charles Boughtflower |
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Jill Adams |
Ann Vincent |
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Raymond Huntley |
Sir Gregory Upshott |
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Colin Gordon |
Reginald Willoughby-Cruft |
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Avril Angers |
Marigold |
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John Chandos |
McKechnie |
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Eileen Moore |
Joan Wood |
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Arthur Brough |
Landlord |
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Dora Bryan |
Lily |
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Richard Wattis |
Doctor |
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Alexander Gauge |
Chairman |
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Cyril Chamberlain |
Sergeant Bassett |
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Vivien Wood |
Leader of Trio |
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Marie Burke |
Felicity |
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Lucy Griffiths |
Annabel |
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Arthur Lowe |
Radio Salesman |
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Peter Bull |
General Niva |
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Willoughby Goddard |
Statesman |
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Michael Ripper |
Waiter |
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Leslie Weston |
Porter |
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Doris Yorke |
Mrs. Bostock |
Directed By
Robert Day |
Director |
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Basil Dearden |
Director |
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Douglas Hermes |
Assistant Director |
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Olga Brook |
Continuity |
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Writing Credits
Sidney Gilliat |
Theatre Play |
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Frank Launder |
Theatre Play |
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Frank Launder |
Screenplay |
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Sidney Gilliat |
Screenplay |
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Production Crew
Sidney Gilliat |
Producer |
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Frank Launder |
Producer |
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Leslie Gilliat |
Associate Producer |
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John Pellatt |
Unit Manager |
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Edited By
Bernard Gribble |
Editor |
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Costume and Makeup
Trevor Crole-Rees |
Makeup Artist |
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Anna Duse |
Costume Designer |
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Bill Griffiths |
Hairdresser |
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Sound
John Glen |
Sound Editor |
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Buster Ambler |
Sound Recordist |
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Muir Mathieson |
Conductor |
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Cedric Thorpe Davie |
Original Music Composer |
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John Cox |
Sound Supervisor |
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Red Law |
Sound Recordist |
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Ken Ritchie |
Boom Operator |
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Visual Effects
Camera
Alan Hume |
Camera Operator |
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Gerald Gibbs |
Director of Photography |
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Lighting
Art Department
Wilfred Shingleton |
Art Direction |
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Other Crew
George Samuels |
Special Effects |
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Wally Veevers |
Special Effects |
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Basil Mannin |
Scenic Artist |
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