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Our Man in Havana poster
A
Excellent
MASTER SCORE 81.6 / 100
1959·Comedy / Crime / Drama·1h 51m

OUR MAN IN HAVANA

“A murderously funny story, magnificently cast... marvelously made !”

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.

Above the Line
Carol Reed·DirectorGraham Greene·ScreenplayOswald Morris·Director of PhotographyFrank Deniz·Original Music ComposerBert Bates·Editor
Cast
Alec Guinness·Jim WormoldBurl Ives·Dr. HasselbacherMaureen O'Hara·Beatrice SevernErnie Kovacs·Capt. SeguraNoël Coward·HawthorneRalph Richardson·'C'Jo Morrow·Milly WormoldGrégoire Aslan·CifuentesPaul Rogers·Hubert CarterRaymond Huntley·General
Full Crew
(7 credits)
Directing· 1
Carol Reed·Director
Writing· 1
Graham Greene·Screenplay
Camera· 1
Oswald Morris·Director of Photography
Editing· 1
Bert Bates·Editor
Sound & Music· 2
Frank Deniz·Original Music ComposerLaurence Deniz·Original Music Composer
Production· 1
Carol Reed·Producer
By the Numbers
81.6
OF 100
Master Score
7.2
OF 10
IMDb
94%
CRITICS
Rotten Tomatoes
—
Worldwide Gross
0
Oscar Wins
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Poster DNA

THE VISUAL DECONSTRUCTION

A bespoke vision agent's reading of the design language behind Our Man in Havana's key art.

Dominant Palette
3 colors
#21679A
#F7A834
#FFFFFF
Mood
Suspenseful, Dramatic
Composition
Split
Era
1950s
Visual Style
Illustrated

“The poster is split vertically into two main color fields: blue on the left and an orange-yellow gradient on the right. On the left, a palm tree frond hangs fro”

crimedrama
Key Elements
Palm Tree FrondBalcony RailingSmall Object In Hand (possibly A Cigarette Or Pen)
Atmosphere
Vibrant
Color Mood
Mixed
Setting
Urban
Design Score
8/10
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