Our Man in Havana
E583851
Our Man in Havana is a 1959 satirical spy film, based on Graham Greene’s novel, about a vacuum-cleaner salesman in Cuba who becomes an accidental British secret agent.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Our Man in Havana canonical | 4 |
| Our Man in Havana (1959 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6314109 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Our Man in Havana Context triple: [Alec Guinness, notableWork, Our Man in Havana]
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A.
Three Weeks in Havana
"Three Weeks in Havana" is a song featured on the album "Heigh Ho."
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B.
The Man from St. Petersburg
The Man from St. Petersburg is a historical thriller novel by Ken Follett set on the eve of World War I, involving espionage, political intrigue, and an anarchist plot in Edwardian England.
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C.
The Paquete Habana
The Paquete Habana is a landmark 1900 U.S. Supreme Court case that established that customary international law is part of U.S. law, holding that small coastal fishing vessels are exempt from capture as prizes of war.
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D.
The Third Man
The Third Man is a classic 1949 British film noir set in postwar Vienna, renowned for its atmospheric cinematography, iconic zither score, and twist-filled story of intrigue and moral ambiguity.
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E.
Landing at Daiquirí
Landing at Daiquirí was a key 1898 U.S. amphibious operation in Cuba that helped open the campaign against Spanish forces during the Spanish–American War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Our Man in Havana Target entity description: Our Man in Havana is a 1959 satirical spy film, based on Graham Greene’s novel, about a vacuum-cleaner salesman in Cuba who becomes an accidental British secret agent.
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A.
Three Weeks in Havana
"Three Weeks in Havana" is a song featured on the album "Heigh Ho."
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B.
The Man from St. Petersburg
The Man from St. Petersburg is a historical thriller novel by Ken Follett set on the eve of World War I, involving espionage, political intrigue, and an anarchist plot in Edwardian England.
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C.
The Paquete Habana
The Paquete Habana is a landmark 1900 U.S. Supreme Court case that established that customary international law is part of U.S. law, holding that small coastal fishing vessels are exempt from capture as prizes of war.
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D.
The Third Man
The Third Man is a classic 1949 British film noir set in postwar Vienna, renowned for its atmospheric cinematography, iconic zither score, and twist-filled story of intrigue and moral ambiguity.
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E.
Landing at Daiquirí
Landing at Daiquirí was a key 1898 U.S. amphibious operation in Cuba that helped open the campaign against Spanish forces during the Spanish–American War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Graham Greene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Our Man in Havana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| castMember |
Alec Guinness
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Burl Ives NERFINISHED ⓘ Duncan Macrae NERFINISHED ⓘ Ernie Kovacs NERFINISHED ⓘ Gregoire Aslan NERFINISHED ⓘ Jo Morrow NERFINISHED ⓘ John Le Mesurier NERFINISHED ⓘ Maureen O’Hara NERFINISHED ⓘ Maurice Denham NERFINISHED ⓘ Noël Coward NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Rogers NERFINISHED ⓘ Rachel Roberts NERFINISHED ⓘ Ralph Richardson NERFINISHED ⓘ Raymond Huntley NERFINISHED ⓘ Ronald Fraser NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Gotell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Oswald Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Frank Skinner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Carol Reed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| editor | Bert Bates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalAgency | British Secret Service NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Havana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| genre |
black comedy
ⓘ
satire ⓘ spy comedy ⓘ |
| leadActor | Alec Guinness NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | James Wormold NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
Cold War espionage
ⓘ
bureaucratic absurdity ⓘ satire of intelligence services ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | Carol Reed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | vacuum-cleaner salesman ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfSourceNovel | 1958 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1959 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Graham Greene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Cuba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Havana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Our Man in Havana Description of subject: Our Man in Havana is a 1959 satirical spy film, based on Graham Greene’s novel, about a vacuum-cleaner salesman in Cuba who becomes an accidental British secret agent.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Our Man in Havana (1959 film)