This thread got me thinking about another long-lost movie… one that I saw many years ago, but for the life of me can’t remember. I went to the IMDB and did a search, but I came up empty. Maybe you outstanding folks could help.
Here’s the basic plot. A guy masterminds a theft of some sort (I don’t remember if it was jewels, a bank, or what). He brings all of these specialists in from all over and trains them at a compound until the big day. Each of these men know nothing about the others… they are given numbers for identification (ala Reservior Dogs… Mr. Pink, Mr. White, etc. Same idea). When the crime is completed, they all get on an airplane and jump out at 30 minute intervals, with their share of the loot. The mastermind is the last to jump, and the plane flies on autopilot out over the ocean until it runs out of gas and disappears.
The end of the movie had one of the criminals captured and in a hospital bed being questioned by the cops. He didn’t know anything about any of his cohorts, but he recognized the mastermind on TV as an announcer or something… and he started to laugh.
That’s all I remember. I have no idea if it was a made for tv movie, or a real movie…but I’d love to find out if anyone else out there knows what I’m talking about. For some strange reason, I think Jan Murray? was in this, but don’t ask me why.
Just did another search on Jan Murray… it could be “Day of the Wolves” (1973), about a town that was taken over by a group of criminals and they robbed all the town’s banks, which kinda rings a bell. Anyone else remember this movie?
If you’re in No.VA, have you tried Video Vault in Old Town Alexandria? They have a very eclectic selection and the largest blaxploitation section I’ve ever seen.
Facets Video (http://www.facets.org), which stocks something like 40,000 titles, didn’t list Our Man in Havana, and they have the most complete video catalog I’ve seen.
One possibility is that it’s never been put onto video, or at least never for retail purchase. So you may want to try tracking down a celluloid copy of it, a LOT of old films are available to buy or rent on 16mm.
I have tried all the suggestions above with the exception of the celluloid route, which is too technically daunting for me.
So I guess my $50 offer (which still stands) would apply to anyone who has the thing on tape from a broadcast and is willing to make a copy and sell it to me.