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Affair in Havana
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Wikipedia article
'Affair in Havana' is a 1957 American film noir crime film directed by Lszl Benedek and written by Maurice Zimm. It stars Raymond Burr and John Cassavetes.
The film is about a piano player who falls in love with a crippled man's wife.
Plot
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.
Cast
Production
The film was called 'The Fever Tree' and started filming 6 August 1956.SINATRA TO SING FOR DEMOCRATS New York Times 18 July 1956: 22.
See also
* List of American films of 1957
References
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