Our Man in Havana

Alec Guinness stars in this spy comedy based on the novel by Graham Greene. Jim Wormold (Guinness) is an English expatriate selling vacuum cleaners in Havana whose life is irrevocably changed when he is recruited by Hawthorne (Noël Coward) to become an MI6 operative. Wanting the money, he agrees and soon begins to fabricate intelligence to increase his value.

The situation spirals out of control however when his lies start coming true... The cast also includes Maureen O'Hara, Burl Ives and Ernie Kovacs.