Cuba Details

In this hugely under-rated drama, Sean Connery stars as a British security adviser who washes up in Cuba during the last weeks of the Batista regime. Naturally, he's been hired by the losing side and his growing doubts are set beside his love for a woman he first met in 1942, in Casablanca. This keys in one aspect of this bracing satire — the idea of the loner haunted by his past who's wondering if he's chosen the wrong side and suspicious of commitment. If there's a lot of Bogart's Rick in Connery, there's also a lot of Graham Greene guilt and Hemingway machismo. Somehow, Connery contains it all: it's a great performance. Subplots spin off and there is a wealth of secondary characters as director Richard Lester weaves this fascinating tale about a country where romance, revolution and bombs co-exist.

'Havana, Cuba, 1959'. Lucky they print this on the screen, as it's the first and last coherent piece of information you... read more on Time Out