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Originally Posted by Inspector Abberline  The Green Man..(1956)
A wonderful Ealingesque comedy starring the great Alastair Sim as an assassin who gets called out of retirement to assinate Raymond Huntley*as Sir Gregory Upshott ..George Cole plays a hapless vacumn salesman who stumbles upon a murder plot when he goes to the wrong house to demonstrate his appliance (oh err)..., While the plot is not exactly Agatha Christie,it does have the feel of those early Hitchcock movies that he made in England before eloping to America,only with the emphasis on comedy rather than suspense...Like most British movies from the 1950s it has a top notch cast,with some great early appearance's from Arthur Lowe Captain Mainwaring of course,Arthur Brough ( probably best remembered for his role in Are you being Served as Mr Grainger) and Hammer film regular Micheal Ripper... Also making a fairly brief appearance is the brilliant Terry Thomas, playing his usual gap toothed playboy, very similar to his role in School for Scoundrels...It's a whimsical and fairly gentle comedy,that resonates with that very 1950s life in Britain...My only criticism is the terrible poster artwork. |
Nice write up, Inspector.
Funny you mention
School for Scoundrels because my dvd is a Studio Canal double feature with you've guessed it,
The Green Man and
School for Scoundrels.
Have you got the SC Vintage Classics blu of Scoundrels from 2015? Just wondered what extras were on it.