Our Man in Havana (1959)

7.2Not Rated111 minDirector: Carol Reed

1959 British spy comedy film based on the 1958 novel

Our Man in Havana is a 1959 British spy comedy film shot in CinemaScope, directed and produced by Carol Reed, and starring Alec Guinness, Burl Ives, Maureen O'Hara, Ralph Richardson, Noël Coward and Ernie Kovacs. The film is adapted from the 1958 novel Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene. The film takes the action of the novel and gives it a more comedic touch. The movie marks Reed's third collaboration with Greene.

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What is Our Man in Havana about?
Our Man in Havana (1959) — Jim Wormold is an expatriate Englishman living in pre-revolutionary Havana with his teenage daughter Milly. He owns a vacuum cleaner shop but isn't very successful so he accepts an offer from Hawthorne of the British Secret Service to recruit a network of agents in Cuba. Wormold
Is Our Man in Havana based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is Our Man in Havana scary?
Content rating: Not Rated. See the reviews tab for parental guidance and tone notes.
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