Our Man in Havana
1959 · Movie · NR · 111 min · ★ 6.7 · 90% critics
In pre-revolution Havana, a struggling British shop owner agrees to work for the British Secret Service to earn extra money for his teenage daughter. Asked to build a local network and send reports to London, he improvises his way through the job, and his small-time scheme starts attracting attention in ways he didn’t expect.
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Details
- Years
- 1959
- Release date
- 1960-01-27
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Critic score
- 90/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (123 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a dry, dark-tinged spy spoof that pokes fun at bureaucracy and blunders, with a strong sense of place; Not for you if you want nonstop action or broad comedy like The Mouse That Roared.
Pros: sharp spy satire; strong cast; vivid Havana setting | Cons: uneven tone shifts; slow early pace; drama outweighs laughs
Themes
- based on novel or book
- cuba
- spy
- salesperson
- black and white
- single father
- british secret service
- vacuum cleaner
- havana, cuba
- british intelligence
Cast & crew
Alec Guinness
as Jim Wormold
Burl Ives
as Dr. Hasselbacher
Maureen O'Hara
as Beatrice Severn
Ernie Kovacs
as Capt. Segura
Noël Coward
as Hawthorne
Ralph Richardson
as 'C'
Jo Morrow
as Milly Wormold
Grégoire Aslan
as Cifuentes
Paul Rogers
as Hubert Carter
Raymond Huntley
as General
Directed by Carol Reed