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[[Image: | {{Infobox Movie | ||
|name = Our Man in Havana | |||
|picture = havana_poster.jpg | |||
|caption = ''Cinema Poster'' | |||
|country = [[Image:UKD.jpg|25px]] UK | |||
|director = Carol Reed | |||
|date= 1959 | |||
|language = English | |||
|studio=Kingsmead Productions | |||
|distributor=Columbia Pictures | |||
|character1=Jim Wormold | |||
|actor1=[[Alec Guinness]] | |||
|character2=Beatrice Severn | |||
|actor2=[[Maureen O'Hara]] | |||
|character3=Dr. Hasselbacher | |||
|actor3=Burl Ives | |||
|character4=Capt. Segura | |||
|actor4=[[Ernie Kovacs]] | |||
|character5=Hawthorne | |||
|actor5=[[Noël Coward]] | |||
|character6='C' | |||
|actor6=[[Ralph Richardson]] | |||
|character7=Cifuentes | |||
|actor7=[[Grégoire Aslan]] | |||
|character8=Professor Sanchez | |||
|actor8=[[Ferdy Mayne]] | |||
}} | |||
'''''Our Man in Havana''''' (1959) was the second collaboration between director [[Carol Reed]] and writer Graham Greene (''[[The Third Man]]''). The cast included [[Alec Guinness]], Burl Ives, Maureen O'Hara, Ernie Kovacs, Noël Coward, and Ralph Richardson and was filmed entirely on location in Havana and London. A ne’er-do-well Hoover vacuum salesman in pre-revolutionary Cuba, Jim Wormold (Guinness), is hand-picked by the British secret service to be “their man in Havana,” with surprising complications for the British, enemy agents, and the Havana Police Department. | '''''Our Man in Havana''''' (1959) was the second collaboration between director [[Carol Reed]] and writer Graham Greene (''[[The Third Man]]''). The cast included [[Alec Guinness]], Burl Ives, Maureen O'Hara, Ernie Kovacs, Noël Coward, and Ralph Richardson and was filmed entirely on location in Havana and London. A ne’er-do-well Hoover vacuum salesman in pre-revolutionary Cuba, Jim Wormold (Guinness), is hand-picked by the British secret service to be “their man in Havana,” with surprising complications for the British, enemy agents, and the Havana Police Department. | ||
{{Film Title}} | {{Film Title}} | ||
__TOC__<br clear=all> | __TOC__<br clear=all> | ||
==M1911A1 == | ==M1911A1 == | ||
Throughout the film, Havana police Captain Segura ([[Ernie Kovacs]]) carries a Colt [[M1911A1]] pistol with a Cuban flag grip. | Throughout the film, Havana police Captain Segura ([[Ernie Kovacs]]) carries a Colt [[M1911A1]] pistol with a Cuban flag grip. | ||
[[Image: M1911Colt.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image: M1911Colt.jpg|thumb|none|300px|World War II Colt M1911A1 Pistol - .45 ACP]] | ||
[[Image:havana9_sm.jpg|thumb|600px|none|]] | [[Image:havana9_sm.jpg|thumb|600px|none|]] | ||
[[Image:havana8_sm.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Segura’s M1911A1 with Cuban flag grip.]] | [[Image:havana8_sm.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Segura’s M1911A1 with Cuban flag grip.]] | ||
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== Karabiner 98k == | == Karabiner 98k == | ||
[[Karabiner 98k]] rifles can be seen in the Havana police armory. | [[Karabiner 98k]] rifles can be seen in the Havana police armory. | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:Karabiner-98K.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser]] | ||
[[Image:havana3_sm.jpg|thumb|600px|none|The rifles are seen in the back as Cifuentes ([[Grégoire Aslan]], credited as Gregoire Aslan) accuses Wormold.]] | [[Image:havana3_sm.jpg|thumb|600px|none|The rifles are seen in the back as Cifuentes ([[Grégoire Aslan]], credited as Gregoire Aslan) accuses Wormold.]] | ||
[[Image:havana4_sm.jpg|thumb|600px|none|The rifles are seen on the left as Wormold contemplates his predicament.]] | [[Image:havana4_sm.jpg|thumb|600px|none|The rifles are seen on the left as Wormold contemplates his predicament.]] | ||
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==Smith & Wesson Safety Hammerless== | ==Smith & Wesson Safety Hammerless== | ||
Hawthorne ([[Noël Coward]]) welcomes a guest as he holds what appears to be a [[Smith & Wesson Safety Hammerless]] revolver. | Hawthorne ([[Noël Coward]]) welcomes a guest as he holds what appears to be a [[Smith & Wesson Safety Hammerless]] revolver. | ||
[[Image:S&Wsafetyhammerless.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:S&Wsafetyhammerless.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Smith & Wesson Safety Hammerless "Lemon Squeezer" - .32 WCF.]] | ||
[[Image:havana1_sm.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Hawthorne ([[Noël Coward]]) welcomes a guest as he holds the revolver.]] | [[Image:havana1_sm.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Hawthorne ([[Noël Coward]]) welcomes a guest as he holds the revolver.]] | ||
[[Category:Movie]] | [[Category:Movie]] | ||
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[[Category:Espionage]] | [[Category:Espionage]] | ||
[[Category:B&W]] | [[Category:B&W]] | ||
[[Category: British Produced/Filmed]] | [[Category:British Produced/Filmed]] | ||
[[Category:Carol Reed]] | [[Category:Carol Reed]] | ||
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Our Man in Havana (1959) was the second collaboration between director Carol Reed and writer Graham Greene (The Third Man). The cast included Alec Guinness, Burl Ives, Maureen O'Hara, Ernie Kovacs, Noël Coward, and Ralph Richardson and was filmed entirely on location in Havana and London. A ne’er-do-well Hoover vacuum salesman in pre-revolutionary Cuba, Jim Wormold (Guinness), is hand-picked by the British secret service to be “their man in Havana,” with surprising complications for the British, enemy agents, and the Havana Police Department.
The following weapons were used in the film Our Man in Havana:
M1911A1
Throughout the film, Havana police Captain Segura (Ernie Kovacs) carries a Colt M1911A1 pistol with a Cuban flag grip.
Colt M1921 Thompson
Throughout the film, Havana police carry a Colt M1921 Thompson submachine gun.
Karabiner 98k
Karabiner 98k rifles can be seen in the Havana police armory.
Unidentified Revolver
Smith & Wesson Safety Hammerless
Hawthorne (Noël Coward) welcomes a guest as he holds what appears to be a Smith & Wesson Safety Hammerless revolver.
