Our Man in Havana
1960 · 111 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 6,320 VOTES · DIR. Carol Reed
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,120 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:20:08 Do you get the idea?
00:23:06 Take this down.
00:26:26 Nothing to do with the firm. Personal services.
00:30:52 I've started a new career. Science fiction writer.
00:34:13 Our man in Havana's done a good job. He deserves a bonus.
00:37:19 - Without the poetry? - Not me.
00:40:03 - Where are you staying? - Here, tonight.
00:42:30 You shouldn't list them by name, just symbols.
00:45:49 - Well, Milly, you have a police escort. - I didn't ask for one.
00:49:48 Why did your marriage break up?
00:54:55 Nobody you know. Capt. Montez.
00:58:51 who was attacked and dumped on your doorstep.
01:02:24 Had they reported me to the police, they could have deported me.
01:05:14 Consequently there you are untorturable.
01:08:37 In a way, you know, it's a compliment. You're dangerous now.
01:11:12 London wouldn't want you to, whatever Hawthorne thinks.
01:14:20 No, it's the creamed potatoes that I don't like.
01:18:07 as my agent, your life is not very certain either.
01:21:04 Hasselbacher has been shot.
01:23:48 and I would not want to do this with my future father-in-law.
01:30:14 You aren't expecting anyone, are you, Carter?
01:35:36 I have signed your deportation papers after all.
01:39:16 Well, sir...
59:02:00 on grave personal matter."
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,120
Dialogue density10.1 lines / min
First line00:20:08
Final line59:02:00
Production Record
DirectorCarol Reed
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes6,320