Affair in Havana is a 1957 American film noir crime film directed by László 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.

Affair in Havana

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.

Affair in Havana

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.

Affair in Havana

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.

See also

List of American films of 1957

References

External links

featuring Celia Cruz

1957 films

1950s crime thriller films

American black-and-white films

Film noir

Films scored by Ernest Gold

American crime thriller films

Films set in Havana

Allied Artists films

Films shot in Havana

Films directed by László Benedek

1950s English-language films

1950s American films

English-language crime thriller films