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Our Man in Havana (1958) is a novel set in Cuba by the British author Graham Greene. Greene uses the novel to mock intelligence services, especially the British MI6, and their willingness to believe reports from their local informants. The book predates the Cuban Missile Crisis, but certain aspects of the plot, notably the role of missile ...
Our Man in Havana is a 1959 British spy comedy film shot in CinemaScope, directed and produced by Carol Reed, and starring Alec Guinness, Burl Ives, Maureen O'Hara, Ralph Richardson, Noël Coward and Ernie Kovacs. [ 2][ 3][ 4] The film is adapted from the 1958 novel Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene. The film takes the action of the novel and ...
Our Man in Havana is an opera in three acts composed by Malcolm Williamson to a libretto by Sidney Gilliat based on Graham Greene 's 1958 novel Our Man in Havana. Williamson's first full-scale opera, it was premiered on 2 July 1963 at Sadler's Wells Theatre in London. Its first performance in East Germany was in Karl-Marx-Stadt (today Chemnitz ...
To research the novel le Carré visited Panama on five occasions. [2] The book was inspired by Graham Greene's Our Man in Havana. [3] Le Carré likens the tale to a "Casablanca without heroes," stating that he, "was drawn by the obvious corruption of Panama and the wonderful collection of characters you meet there."
English. Our Man in Marrakesh (released in North America as Bang! Bang! You're Dead!) is a 1966 British comedy spy film shot in Morocco produced and co-written by Harry Alan Towers, directed by Don Sharp and starring Tony Randall, Herbert Lom and Senta Berger. [ 2][ 3]
Tropicana Club. El Tropicana Night Club in Havana, Cuba located in a lush, 36,000-square-metre (390,000 sq ft) estate tropical garden opened on December 30, 1939 at the Villa Mina in Marianao. It is located next door to the old Colegio de Belén, Havana, presently, the Instituto Técnico Militar .
The Lawless Roads (1939) (published as Another Mexico in the United States) is a travel account by Graham Greene, based on his 1938 trip to Mexico, to see the effects of the government's campaign of forced anti-Catholic secularization and how the inhabitants had reacted to the brutal anti-clerical purges of President Plutarco Elías Calles via the uprisings known as the Cristero War.
Our Man in Havana may refer to: Our Man in Havana (1958), novel by Graham Greene. Our Man in Havana (film) (1959), film based on the novel. Our Man in Havana (opera) (1963), opera based on the novel. Our Man in Havana (2007), play by Clive Francis based on the novel.