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Our Man in Havana

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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 08/02/2011
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. Go to Full Review David Parkinson Empire Magazine 08/02/2011
3/5
So much potential in casting, script etc... but the translation from the book didn't quite make sense on screen. Go to Full Review Variety Staff Variety 08/27/2008
Polished, diverting entertainment, brilliant in its comedy but falling apart towards the end when undertones of drama, tragedy and message crop up. Go to Full Review Josh Larsen LarsenOnFilm Mar 26
2.5/4
... required a far more playful touch. Go to Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy 04/10/2022
3/4
Alec Guinness is aptly cast. Go to Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review 02/14/2022
4/4
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. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Toni A 07/31/2024 "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. See more Alec B 01/08/2024 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. See more steve d 07/20/2020 It is fun and different. See more 07/12/2019 A classic following the novel brilliantly. See more paul d @PaulusLoZebra 06/02/2019 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. See more 05/26/2019 A real curate's egg. Tonally, neither amusing as a satire of Cold War espionage nor thrilling enough as a spy yarn. Carol Reed has form in this milieu, not least partnering Graham Greene in another double-cross drama, but everyone here seems miscast - Alec Guinness too cool and camp, Burl Ives implausible as a German spy, Noel Coward just wrong as an immediately suspicious-looking intelligence scout. Nicely photographed by Oswald Morris in Havana, it passes the time. See more Read all reviews
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Carol Reed

Director

Alec Guinness

Jim Wormold

Burl Ives

Dr. Hasselbacher

Maureen O'Hara

Beatrice Severn

Ernie Kovacs

Capt. Segura

Noël Coward

Hawthorne

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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
Kingsmead productions, Columbia Pictures Corporation
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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