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21 December 1956 (France)
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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
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Work has been going with a bang for freelance assassin Hawkins but a job in England just after the war is a different matter...
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Nominated for BAFTA Film Award.
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Delightful black comedy
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Alastair Sim | ... | Hawkins | |
| George Cole | ... | William Blake | |
| Terry-Thomas | ... | Charles Boughtflower | |
| Jill Adams | ... | Ann Vincent | |
| Raymond Huntley | ... | Sir Gregory Upshott | |
| Colin Gordon | ... | Reginald Willoughby-Cruft | |
| Avril Angers | ... | Marigold | |
| Eileen Moore | ... | Joan Wood | |
| Dora Bryan | ... | Lily | |
| John Chandos | ... | McKechnie | |
| Cyril Chamberlain | ... | Sgt. Bassett | |
| Richard Wattis | ... | Doctor | |
| Vivien Wood | ... | Leader of Trio | |
| Marie Burke | ... | Felicity | |
| Lucy Griffiths | ... | Annabel |
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80 min
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The scene in which George Cole tries to phone the police and Alastair Sim tries to stop him was improvised.
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Remade as Vor Nachbarn wird gewarnt (1965) (TV)
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Mr Sim is ideally cast as a seemingly mild but actually ruthless assassin. His perfect comic timing, expressive features and ability to switch on a sense of genuine menace are well used in this sprightly farce. George Cole is admirable as the well meaning young hero while Jill Adams is a radiantly beautiful and desirable heroine. As indisputably English as Wimbledon but much more fun!