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Our man in Havana / Columbia Pictures presents a Carol Reed production ; screenplay by Graham Greene ; produced and directed by Carol Reed.

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Format:
Video
Author/Creator:
Greene, Graham, 1904-1991. Our man in Havana, author.
Contributor:
Reed, Carol, 1906-1976, producer, director.
Greene, Graham, 1904-1991, screenwriter.
Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000, actor.
Ives, Burl, 1909-1995, actor.
O'Hara, Maureen, 1920-2015, actor.
Kovacs, Ernie, 1919-1962, actor.
Coward, Noël, 1899-1973, actor.
Richardson, Ralph, Sir, 1902-1983, actor.
Morrow, Jo, 1939- actor.
Deniz, Frank, composer.
Deniz, Laurence, composer.
Columbia Pictures Corporation, producer.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm), producer.
Series:
Martini movies
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Greene, Graham, 1904-1991--Film adaptations.
Greene, Graham.
Greene, Graham, 1904-1991.
Sales personnel--England--Drama.
Sales personnel.
Agents provocateurs--England--Drama.
Agents provocateurs.
Official secrets--Cuba--Havana--Drama.
Official secrets.
Swindlers and swindling--Cuba--Havana--Drama.
Swindlers and swindling.
Criminal behavior--Cuba--Havana--Drama.
Criminal behavior.
Cuba--Havana.
England.
Genre:
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 111 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
monochrome
Edition:
Anamorphic widescreen.
Place of Publication:
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2009]
Language Note:
Closed-captioned.
System Details:
DVD ; Dolby digital.
digital
optical
Dolby
video file
DVD video
Summary:
Vacuum cleaner salesman Jim Wormold is recruited by the British Secret Service. He becomes an unlikely agent in Cuba. To avoid working while cashing the checks, Wormold spins a web of lies about foreign government secrets. When the local coppers decode his fake messages, all hell breaks loose in Havana and Wormold must become the spy he dreads in order to survive his own swindle.
Participant:
Alec Guinness, Burl Ives, Maureen O'Hara, Ernie Kovacs, Noel Coward, Ralph Richardson, Jo Morrow.
Credits:
Photographed by Oswald Morris ; editing, Bert Bates ; music, Frank Deniz, Laurence Deniz.
Notes:
Based on the novel by Graham Greene.
DVD release of the 1959 motion picture.
2.35:1 aspect ratio.
Special features: original trailer ; Martini minutes: "Secrets of seduction" and "How to travel in style."
ISBN:
1435944399
9781435944398
OCLC:
298736968
Publisher Number:
043396285668
28566 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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