Our Man In Havana Details

Producer Harry Alan Towers has an eye for an exotic location, and here he casts the excellent Tony Randall as an American tourist caught up in spy antics in Morocco. The scenery is fabulous and the second-rung supporting cast fun to watch, but the script and production budget would defeat the hardiest director. Still, veteran professionals such as Herbert Lom, Wilfrid Hyde White and Terry-Thomas do what they can with the material, and Klaus Kinski and John Le Mesurier turn up, too. It's all summed up far better by its banal US title, Bang! Bang! You're Dead!.

The wry flavour of the novel does not really translate to the screen, and especially not to the wide screen, but a few lines and characters offer compensation.