Affair in Havana

Affair in Havana (1957)

While in Havana, a musician gets involved with a crippled man and his beautiful wife... with deadly results.

Date of release
1957-10-01
TMDB
5.3 / 10 (11)
Runtime
1h 17m
Genres
Crime
Director
László Benedek

Casting

Interesting facts

Affair in Havana is a 1957 American film noir crime film directed by László Benedek and written by Maurice Zimm. It stars Raymond Burr and John Cassavetes.

Production

The film started as an original screenplay The Passionate Prisoner by British writer Janet Green. Green was borrowed from England's Rank Organisation. The film was meant to be the first in a series of English-language movies shot in Cuba by Dudley Pictures over five years. To finance these movies, Dudley had an agreement with the Agricultural and Industrial Development Bank of Cuba (BANFAIC) which set up a $1,000,000 revolving fund.

Filming started in Havana on 6 August 1956. It was the fourth American film shot in Cuba that year, the others being The Sharkfighters, The Big Boodle and The Old Man and the Sea. The film was shot in and around Havana and the resort town of Varadero. Locations included beach at Varadero, roof garden of the Ambos Mundos Hotel, Jose Marti International Airport and Cathedral Plaza in Havana.

The title was changed to Affair in Havana in July 1957.

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