{"id":2932,"date":"2007-04-06T16:01:32","date_gmt":"2007-04-06T23:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2932"},"modified":"2021-02-01T23:27:18","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T06:27:18","slug":"green-man-the-1956","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2932","title":{"rendered":"Green Man, The (1956)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I only accepted assignments against the so-called &#8216;great&#8217;: those overblown balloons who just cry out to be popped; I was glad to offer myself as a humble pin.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Green-Man-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Green-Man-Poster-205x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-23741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Green-Man-Poster-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Green-Man-Poster-87x128.jpg 87w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Green-Man-Poster.jpg 343w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA hitman (Alastair Sim) and his assistant (John Chandos) find their plans to assassinate a pompous government minister (Raymond Huntley) foiled by a meddling vacuum cleaner salesman (George Cole).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alastair Sim Films<\/li>\n<li>Amateur Sleuths<\/li>\n<li>Assassination<\/li>\n<li>Black Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Hitmen<\/li>\n<li>Mistaken or Hidden Identities<\/li>\n<li>Play Adaptation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis fast-paced British farce &#8212; adapted from Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder&#8217;s play <em>Meet the Body<\/em> &#8212; features clever dialogue, humorous performances, and countless quirky characters. Sim is especially notable as the hired assassin &#8212; watch the way his facial expressions reveal his mental machinations as he figures things out on the spot. [As noted in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/70561.html\">Time Out&#8217;s review<\/a>, one can&#8217;t help comparing Sim&#8217;s appearance here with that of Alec Guinness in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2075\"><em>The Ladykillers<\/em><\/a>, a brilliant black comedy released the previous year; indeed, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alastair_Sim\">Guinness was apparently directly inspired<\/a> by Sim&#8217;s performance as Mr. Squales in the (non-Peary-listed) <em>London Belongs to Me<\/em> (1948).]  George Cole is suitably manic as the vacuum cleaner salesman who is determined to solve whatever &#8220;mess&#8221; is put in front of him &#8212; whether it&#8217;s soot on a carpet or a body stuffed into a piano; and beautiful Jill Adams (who reminds me of Shirley Henderson) makes an appealing female protagonist.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alastair Sim as the ingenious hitman<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Green-Man-Sim.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Green-Man-Sim-1024x746.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"466\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-67940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Green-Man-Sim-1024x746.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Green-Man-Sim-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Green-Man-Sim-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Green-Man-Sim-768x559.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Green-Man-Sim-371x270.png 371w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Green-Man-Sim.png 1405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>George Cole as the vacuum cleaner salesman-cum-amateur sleuth<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Green-Man-Cole.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Green-Man-Cole-1024x738.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"461\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-67943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Green-Man-Cole-1024x738.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Green-Man-Cole-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Green-Man-Cole-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Green-Man-Cole-768x554.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Green-Man-Cole-375x270.png 375w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Green-Man-Cole.png 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jill Adams as Cole&#8217;s unwitting sidekick<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Green-Man-Cole2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Green-Man-Cole2-1024x746.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"466\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-67942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Green-Man-Cole2-1024x746.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Green-Man-Cole2-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Green-Man-Cole2-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Green-Man-Cole2-768x559.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Green-Man-Cole2-371x270.png 371w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Green-Man-Cole2.png 1405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sim encouraging a trio of giddy female musicians to have drinks with him at the bar<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Green-Man-Sim-at-Bar.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Green-Man-Sim-at-Bar-1024x741.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"463\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-67941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Green-Man-Sim-at-Bar-1024x741.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Green-Man-Sim-at-Bar-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Green-Man-Sim-at-Bar-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Green-Man-Sim-at-Bar-768x556.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Green-Man-Sim-at-Bar-373x270.png 373w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Green-Man-Sim-at-Bar.png 1394w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Cedric Thorne Davie&#8217;s amusingly lilting orchestral score<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s highly recommended. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0050456\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fosteronfilm.com\/brit\/greenman.htm\">Foster on Film Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.screenonline.org.uk\/film\/id\/487471\/index.html\">BFI Screen Online Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/70561.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I only accepted assignments against the so-called &#8216;great&#8217;: those overblown balloons who just cry out to be popped; I was glad to offer myself as a humble pin.&#8221; Synopsis: A hitman (Alastair Sim) and his assistant (John Chandos) find their plans to assassinate a pompous government minister (Raymond Huntley) foiled by a meddling vacuum cleaner salesman (George Cole). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Alastair Sim Films Amateur Sleuths Assassination Black Comedy Hitmen Mistaken or Hidden Identities Play Adaptation Review: This&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2932\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2932"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67944,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2932\/revisions\/67944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}