Club Havana (1945)

Director:

Edgar G. Ulmer

Writers:

Fred L. Jackson (story)
Raymond L. Schrock (writer)

Release Date:

23 November 1945 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery

Tagline:

RHUMBAS! ROMANCE! RACKETS! A PRC Mystery With Music.

Cast

Tom Neal	...	Bill Porter
Margaret Lindsay	...	Rosalind
Donald Douglas	...	Johnny Norton (as Don Douglas)
Lita Baron	...	Isabelita (as Isabelita)
Dorothy Morris	...	Lucy
Renie Riano	...	Mrs. Cavendish
Ernest Truex	...	Willy Kingston
Gertrude Michael	...	Hetty - Powder Room Attendant
Eric Sinclair	...	Jimmy Medford
Paul Cavanagh	...	Rogers
Marc Lawrence	...	Joe Reed
Pedro de Cordoba	...	Charles, Headwaiter
Sonia Sorel	...	Myrtle - Switchboard Operator
Carlos Molina	...	Himself (as Carlos Molina and His Music of the Americas)

Runtime:

62 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:S

Company:

Producers Releasing Corporation

Just because it's a Ulmer's gem...

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

This movie is very hard to find, even if it is an Ulmer's one. Produced by PRC company and starring Tom Neal, we can consider it as a sort of poor man's Grand Hotel, that takes place in Havana, of course.

The topic is not very interesting, a mystery mixed with romance and musical. Only the climax is really not bad. But I was very glad that the running time was only 63 minutes. That's not the best Ulmer movie ever. Far from that. But if you are a great PRC films fan, try it anyway. Or for the warm Caribbean nights atmosphere. You can also hear, in this movie, some well known songs.

A cheap movie. And a rare one. Nothing more.