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]
Pier 5, Havana | |
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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] |
Release date |
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Running time | 68 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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.