| Affair in Havana | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | László Benedek |
| Screenplay by | |
| Based on | original story byJanet Green |
| Produced by | Richard Goldstone |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Alan Stensvold |
| Edited by | Stefan Arnsten |
| Music by | Ernest Gold |
Production company | Dudley Productions |
| Distributed by | Allied Artists Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 77 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Affair in Havana is a 1957 Americanfilm noircrime film directed byLászló Benedek and written byMaurice Zimm. It starsRaymond Burr andJohn Cassavetes.[1]
The film is about a piano player who falls in love with a crippled man's wife.
Mallabee is a millionaire sugar-cane grower in Cuba who blames his wife, Lorna, for an accident that has left him in a wheelchair.
Lorna has been having an affair with Nick, a piano player in a Havana nightclub. Mallabee secretly is aware of this, having hired a private investigator to follow his wife.
The twisted mind of Mallabee has come up with a scheme in which Lorna kills him. She won't do it, but a trusted servant, Valdes, does cause his death by drowning. However, the relationship between Nick and Lorna comes to an unhappy end.
The film was calledThe Fever Tree and started filming 6 August 1956.[2]
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