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Our Man in Havana (1959)

Director(s) Carol Reed
Producer(s) Carol Reed
Top Genres Comedy, Drama, Film Adaptation, Thriller/Suspense
Top Topics Satire, Spies
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Our Man in Havana Overview:

Our Man in Havana (1959) was a Drama - Thriller/Suspense Film directed by Carol Reed and produced by Carol Reed.

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Our Man in Havana (1959) and Vacuums in The Atomic Age

By 4 Star Film Fan on Aug 20, 2021 From 4 Star Films

Because of the renewed partnership of Grahame Greene and director Carol Reed, it’s difficult not to feel an inclination to compare Our Man in Havana with The Third Man from a decade prior. If you wanted to go out on a limb, you could make the case the earlier film beget this film, at least in ... Read full article

Our Man in Havana (1959)

By Beatrice on Nov 2, 2016 From Flickers in Time

Our Man in Havana Directed by Carol Reed Written by Graham Greene (novel) 1959/UK/USA Kingsmeade Productions/Columbia Pictures Corporation Repeat viewing/Netflix rental I find this cold war comedy to be darker than many do. The film is set immediately before the Cuban revolution.  Jim Wormold (... Read full article

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Our Man in Havana Quotes:

Jim Wormold: We should all be clowns, Milly.
Capt. Segura: Some people expect to be tortured, others are outraged by it.
Dr. Hasselbacher: A man can smile and be a villain.
Dr. Hasselbacher: They strike at you through what you love.
Jim Wormold: Everything's legal in Havana.
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Our Man in Havana Facts
Alec Guinness originally wanted to play his character as an untidy, defeated soul instead of a generally hapless non-entity.
Englishman Jim Wormold is raising his daughter, Milly, as a Catholic on the wishes of his estranged wife, although he is not Catholic. Alec Guinness and the book's author, Graham Greene, were Englishmen who converted to Catholicism. Guinness and his wife converted in 1956.
The Cuban scenes were filmed over a period of five weeks, and were frequently interrupted by local Cuban residents getting very excited by all the filming.
Brazilian director Alberto Cavalcanti had originally been in talks with Graham Greene about making a film together just after World War II. They had devised an outline story about a vacuum cleaner salesman operating as a spy in the Estonian capital of Tallinn in 1938. This project stalled when they were refused government permission to lampoon the Secret Service. Undeterred, Greene carried on under his own steam, drawing on his experience observing Abwehr (German intelligence service) agents in Portugal during World War II, who had been paid per report and not according to results.
Jean Seberg was considered for the role of Milly.
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