Club Havana
Cast & Crew
Edgar G. Ulmer
Tom Neal
Margaret Lindsay
Don Douglas
Isabelita
Dorothy Morris
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Following a Reno divorce from her abusive, alcoholic husband, Rosalind rushes home to Miami to meet her boyfriend, Johnny Norton, at the Club Havana, a Latin-flavored nightclub. At the same locale, Lucy, a struggling young model, is dining with her date, Dr. Bill Porter, an intern, while Clifton Rogers, a noted but penniless promoter, has a business dinner with the wealthy Mrs. Cavendish and her family. Jimmy Medford, the pianist boyfriend of Club Havana singer Isabelita, becomes conscience-stricken when he learns that Joe Reed, a local gambler, has been released from police custody for lack of evience in the murder of Julia Dumont, a performer at the club. Though Jimmy saw the gambler leaving Julia's apartment at the time of the murder, he is reluctant to go to the police, as both he and Isabelita fear Joe's retribution. Later, Mrs. Cavendish agrees to finance Rogers' projects once he consents to marry her, while Johnny breaks Rosalind's heart by telling her that he is in love with another woman. Rosalind then attempts suicide by swallowing a handful of pills, but is saved by Bill. Meanwhile, the newly reconciled Kingstons, an older married couple, plan a romantic dinner at the club, but the two end up doing more arguing than romancing. Jimmy finally decides to call the police, but his phone call is listened in on by Myrtle, the club's telephone operator, who tells Joe of the pianist's actions. Joe then retains a hired killer to murder Jimmy, but the gunman shoots Myrtle instead after she yells a warning to Jimmy while driving away in her car. The gunman is then run over by the mortally wounded telephone operator. While Jimmy is taken to the police station to testify against Joe, Rosalind and Johnny reconcile and leave the nightclub together.
Director
Edgar G. Ulmer
Cast
Tom Neal
Margaret Lindsay
Don Douglas
Isabelita
Dorothy Morris
Ernest Truex
Renie Riano
Gertrude Michael
Paul Cavanagh
Marc Lawrence
Pedro De Cordoba
Carlos Molina And His Music Of The Americas
Eric Sinclair
Sonia Sorel
Iris And Pierre
Susan Kingston
Crew
Zequínha De Abreu
Eugene R. Anderson
Mona Barry
John Carter
Leon Fromkess
Fred Jackson
Howard Jackson
Edward C. Jewell
Joseph I. Kane
Benjamin H. Kline
Martin Mooney
Aloysio Oliveira
Raoul Pagel
Carl Pierson
Raymond L. Schrock
Ray Smallwood
Glenn P. Thompson
Consuelo Velázquez
Bud Westmore
William H. Wilmarth
Film Details
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Notes
The working title of this film was Two Tickets to Heaven. While Paul Cavanagh's character is listed as "Willard Rogers" in the end credits, he is called "Clifton Rogers" in the film. According to Hollywood Reporter news items, Fred Jackson, who is credited with the picture's original story, was first assigned to produce the film, and Albert Herman was to direct it. Edgar Ulmer took over as director in mid-February 1945, when Jack D. Grant was announced as the producer. Martin Mooney took over as producer in late March 1945, Hollywood Reporter production charts include Pamela Blake in the cast, but her appearance in the released film has not been confirmed. According to modern interviews with Ulmer, German cameraman Eugene Schuftan was the uncredited director of photography on this film, and most of the film's story was made up on the set by the director and his actors.
