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 (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 FilmsBecause 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 TimeOur 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 (Al... Read full article
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Jim Wormold: We should all be clowns, Milly.
Dr. Hasselbacher: They strike at you through what you love.
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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.
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.
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