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Our Man in Havana

Released Jan 27, 1960 1h 47m Mystery & Thriller Comedy List
95% Tomatometer 21 Reviews 77% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
British expatriate Jim Wormold (Alec Guinness) runs a vacuum cleaner store in Havana, Cuba. He has promised his vain daughter, Milly (Jo Morrow), a horse and a country club membership, which leaves him desperate for money. When Hawthorne (Noel Coward) proposes he become a paid British agent and recruit other spies, he accepts, and haplessly embarks on a new career. Though he's delighted when he meets gorgeous fellow spy Beatrice Severn (Maureen O'Hara), Wormold finds he's now a target.
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TIME Magazine The mixture of mayhem and heehaw is particularly tricky to handle, and not even the sure hand of Director Reed has always achieved a smooth blend. Aug 2, 2011 Full Review David Parkinson Empire Magazine So much potential in casting, script etc... but the translation from the book didn't quite make sense on screen. Rated: 3/5 Aug 2, 2011 Full Review Variety Staff Variety Polished, diverting entertainment, brilliant in its comedy but falling apart towards the end when undertones of drama, tragedy and message crop up. Aug 27, 2008 Full Review Roger Moore Movie Nation The jokes are sly and winking and put the amusingly “phobic” in homophobic. Rated: 4/4 Jun 2, 2022 Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Alec Guinness is aptly cast. Rated: 3/4 Apr 10, 2022 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review What begins as another of Reed's acerbic, ironic, and thoroughly readable tales gives way to a shadowy satire in which nationalism presents the greatest danger and intelligence is a generous term. Rated: 4/4 Feb 14, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Toni A "Our Man in Havana" is a delightful and subtly humorous film. The acting is superb, and I truly wish more movies like this were made. It was a thoroughly enjoyable experience. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/31/24 Full Review Alec B A very droll comedy. Some of the commentary isn't fully explored but Guiness' central performance is deeply complex and often hilarious. His interactions with Coward are delightful. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/08/24 Full Review Liam D While it feels like a spoof of Hitchcock Thrillers and Spy Capers but director Carol Reed (Mutiny on the Bounty, The Key) and star Alec Guinness (The Fall of the Roman Empire, Cromwell) adds some gravities Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 12/27/21 Full Review steve d It is fun and different. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member A classic following the novel brilliantly. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review paul d I enjoyed the clever story and dry humor, the images of pre-revolution Havana, and a number of actors who command the screen: Ives, O'Hara, Kovacs and most of all Guiness. The movie has three parts: the opening, which introduces all the characters and themes and is relatively light-hearted; the middle, which is a gentle and droll spy parody; and the final third, which takes on more serious, darker tones about the human costs when life goes off-course. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis British expatriate Jim Wormold (Alec Guinness) runs a vacuum cleaner store in Havana, Cuba. He has promised his vain daughter, Milly (Jo Morrow), a horse and a country club membership, which leaves him desperate for money. When Hawthorne (Noel Coward) proposes he become a paid British agent and recruit other spies, he accepts, and haplessly embarks on a new career. Though he's delighted when he meets gorgeous fellow spy Beatrice Severn (Maureen O'Hara), Wormold finds he's now a target.
Director
Carol Reed
Producer
Carol Reed
Screenwriter
Graham Greene
Distributor
Columbia Pictures
Production Co
Columbia Pictures Corporation, Kingsmead productions
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 27, 1960, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 15, 2010
Runtime
1h 47m
Sound Mix
Mono
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