Pier 5, Havana
Pier 5, Havana is a 1959 American Neo-film-noir , action, adventure, mystery, thriller crime film directed by Edward L. Cahn[2] starring Cameron Mitchell and Allison Hayes, with the unique distinction of being perhaps the only American drama filmed in Cuba just after Fidel Castro's revolution.[3][4]
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| Directed by | Edward L. Cahn |
| Written by | Joseph Hoffman Robert E. Kent |
| Produced by | Robert E. Kent Edward Small (executive) |
| Starring | Cameron Mitchell Allison Hayes |
| Cinematography | Maury Gertsman |
| Edited by | Grant Whytock |
| Music by | Paul Sawtell Bert Shefter |
Production company | Robert E. Kent Productions |
| Distributed by | United Artists[1] |
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Running time | 68 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
Steve Daggett (Cameron Mitchell) fights to protect Fidel Castro from dangerous pro-Batista counterrevolutionaries. Steve comes to Cuba to find his friend Hank Miller (Logan Field) who has been missing for a while. It turns out that he has been captured by Fernando (Eduardo Noriega), the leader of the pro-Batista forces, who needs Hank to convert their airplanes into bombers. Steve's former girlfriend Monica (Allison Hayes) is now Mrs. Hank Miller.
'Pier 5, Havana' is not the only American movie filmed in Cuba after the revolution. The Errol Flynn semi-documentary Cuban Rebel Girls, and the black comedy Our Man in Havana were also shot on location in the island post-revolution.
Cast
- Cameron Mitchell as Steve Daggett[5]
- Allison Hayes as Monica Gray
- Eduardo Noriega as Fernando Ricardo
- Michael Granger as Police Lt. Garcia
- Logan Field as Hank Miller
- Nestor Paiva as Juan Lopez
- Otto Waldis as Gustave Schluss
- Paul Fierro as Police sergeant
References
- Blum, Daniel (June 1960). "Pier 5, Havana". Screen World. Biblo & Tannen Publishers. 11: 142. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- Fischer, Dennis (17 June 2011). Science Fiction Film Directors, 1895-1998. McFarland. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-7864-6091-5. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- "HERE BE DRAGONS: seamus MacCall traces the ancestry of the Dalkey Monster". The Irish Times. Nov 23, 1959. p. 6.
- Pérez, Louis A. (2008). On Becoming Cuban: Identity, Nationality, and Culture. University of North Carolina Press. p. 181. ISBN 978-0-8078-5899-8. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- Weaver, Tom (19 February 2003). Double Feature Creature Attack: A Monster Merger of Two More Volumes of Classic Interviews. McFarland. p. 227. ISBN 978-0-7864-8215-3. Retrieved 11 April 2022.