# Our Man in Havana (1960)

> A struggling vacuum-cleaner salesman becomes a celebrated British agent by inventing spies, only to discover that bureaucratic fantasies can produce very real danger.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/15102

## Facts

- Runtime: 111 min
- Genres: Comedy, Thriller
- Director: Carol Reed
- Cast: Alec Guinness, Burl Ives, Maureen O'Hara, Ernie Kovacs, Noël Coward, Ralph Richardson, Jo Morrow, Grégoire Aslan
- TMDB rating: 6.7/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054152/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Mood: witty, sardonic, tense, classic film night, spy movie marathon

## Synopsis

A hapless Englishman in Cuba finds himself in over his head when he becomes a spy.

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