Jim Wormold, who is a vacuum cleaner salesman, participates as an Agent in the British Secret Service. But he soon realizes that his plans by lying are going to get him into trouble.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Alec Guinness | ... | Jim Wormold | |
| Burl Ives | ... | Dr. Hasselbacher | |
| Maureen O'Hara | ... | Beatrice Severn | |
| Ernie Kovacs | ... | Capt. Segura | |
| Noël Coward | ... | Hawthorne | |
| Ralph Richardson | ... | 'C' | |
| Jo Morrow | ... | Milly Wormold | |
| Grégoire Aslan | ... | Cifuentes (as Gregoire Aslan) | |
| Paul Rogers | ... | Hubert Carter | |
| Raymond Huntley | ... | General | |
| Ferdy Mayne | ... | Prof. Sanchez | |
| Maurice Denham | ... | Admiral | |
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Joseph G. Prieto | ... | Lopez (as Jose Prieto) |
| Duncan Macrae | ... | MacDougal | |
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Gerik Schjelderup | ... | Svenson |
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Jim Wormold is an expatriate Englishman living in pre-revolutionary Havana with his teenage daughter Milly. He owns a vacuum cleaner shop but isn't very successful so he accepts an offer from Hawthorne of the British Secret Service to recruit a network of agents in Cuba. Wormold hasn't got a clue where to start but when his friend Dr. Hasselbacher suggests that the best secrets are known to no one, he decides to manufacture a list of agents and provides fictional tales for the benefit of his masters in London. He is soon seen as the best agent in the Western Hemisphere but it all begins to unravel when the local police decode his cables and start rounding up his "network" and he learns that he is the target of a group out to kill him. Written by garykmcd
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(uncredited)
(traditional Cuban melody)
Composed by José Silvestre White Lafitte (1853)
used as love theme in the opening credits
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Shooting at Shepperton Studios lasted eleven weeks. Filming on-location in Cuba went for seven. See more »Goofs
While Guinness is talking to the Doctor in his ransacked apartment, you can see the shadow of the boom mic moving overhead. See more »Soundtracks
LA BELLA CUBANA(uncredited)
(traditional Cuban melody)
Composed by José Silvestre White Lafitte (1853)
used as love theme in the opening credits
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One of my favorite scenes is when Alec Guiness must get the chief of police (Ernie Kovacs) so drunk that he passes out. He arranges a game of checkers played with miniature bottles of scotch. You know,the kind served on airlines. Each time one is taken, it must be opened and drunk immediately. This leads to hilarious results. Guiness is excellent in the beginning for his famous "fusby" look. Meek, almost sheepish. Only when Kovacs is finally "knees up", can Alec Guiness complete his plan. (Watch the movie to see what this is!). This movie used to be a staple of late night television, before cable and the advent of talk shows, when movies reigned supreme. Of course, it was usually horribly butchered.