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Our Man in Havana
Our Man in Havana

Our Man in Havana

A murderously funny story, magnificently cast... marvelously made !

Genres

ComedyThriller

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

111 mins

Rating

6.8/10

Release Date

27 January 1960

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

Jim Wormold

Burl Ives

Burl Ives

Dr. Hasselbacher

Maureen O'Hara

Maureen O'Hara

Beatrice Severn

Ernie Kovacs

Ernie Kovacs

Capt. Segura

Noël Coward

Noël Coward

Hawthorne

Ralph Richardson

Ralph Richardson

'C'

Jo Morrow

Jo Morrow

Milly Wormold

Grégoire Aslan

Grégoire Aslan

Cifuentes

Paul Rogers

Paul Rogers

Hubert Carter

Raymond Huntley

Raymond Huntley

General

Ferdy Mayne

Ferdy Mayne

Prof. Sanchez

Maurice Denham

Maurice Denham

Admiral

Joseph G. Prieto

Joseph G. Prieto

Lopez

Duncan Macrae

Duncan Macrae

MacDougal

Gerik Schjelderup

Gerik Schjelderup

Svenson

Hugh Manning

Hugh Manning

Officer

Karl Stepanek

Karl Stepanek

Dr. Braun

Maxine Audley

Maxine Audley

Teresa

Elisabeth Welch

Elisabeth Welch

Woman

Yvonne Buckingham

Yvonne Buckingham

Woman

Rachel Roberts

Rachel Roberts

Prostitute (uncredited)

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