The Green Man poster

Movie · 1956

The Green Man

Released 21 December 1956 More from 1956 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

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.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Alastair Sim
as Hawkins
56
Raymond Huntley
as Sir Gregory Upshott
52
Arthur Brough
as Landlord
51
Terry-Thomas
as Charles Boughtflower
45
Colin Gordon
as Reginald Willoughby-Cruft
45
Richard Wattis
as Doctor
44
Arthur Lowe
as Radio Salesman
41
Dora Bryan
as Lily
33
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
23years between the oldest and youngest billed
56Alastair Sim — oldest on the call sheet
33Dora Bryan — youngest billed
46average age of the credited cast
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