Pier 5, Havana

Pier 5, Havana
Theatrical release poster
Directed byEdward L. Cahn
Written byJoseph Hoffman
Robert E. Kent
Produced byRobert E. Kent
Edward Small (executive)
StarringCameron Mitchell
Allison Hayes
CinematographyMaury Gertsman
Edited byGrant Whytock
Music byPaul Sawtell
Bert Shefter
Production
company
Robert E. Kent Productions
Distributed byUnited Artists[1]
Release date
  • October 1959 (1959-10)
Running time
68 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Pier 5, Havana is a 1959 American Neo-noir, action, adventure, mystery, thriller crime film directed by Edward L. Cahn[2] starring Cameron Mitchell and Allison Hayes.[3][4]

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' was filmed in the Los Angeles area just after the Cuban Revolution. The Errol Flynn semi-documentary Cuban Rebel Girls and the black comedy Our Man in Havana were shot on location on the island in the same post-revolution period.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Blum, Daniel (June 1960). "Pier 5, Havana". Screen World. 11. Biblo & Tannen Publishers: 142. ISBN 9780819603012. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  2. ^ Fischer, Dennis (17 June 2011). Science Fiction Film Directors, 1895-1998. McFarland. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-7864-6091-5. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  3. ^ "HERE BE DRAGONS: seamus MacCall traces the ancestry of the Dalkey Monster". The Irish Times. Nov 23, 1959. p. 6.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.