Girl from Havana

Name: Girl from Havana
Genre: Drama
Released: 1940-09-11
Duration: 1 h 9 min
Rating: 5.9
Cast: Dennis O'Keefe, Claire Carleton, Victor Jory

1940
1h 9m

IMDb RATING

5.9/10

YOUR RATING

Claire Carleton, Steffi Duna, and Dennis O'Keefe in Girl from Havana (1940)

Drama

Woody Davis and are Tex Moore ambitious and enterprising friends who decide to become South American oil drillers in hope of becoming wealthy. Woody and Tex set up a site, but unfortunately,... Read allWoody Davis and are Tex Moore ambitious and enterprising friends who decide to become South American oil drillers in hope of becoming wealthy. Woody and Tex set up a site, but unfortunately, must spend their time fending off attacks from the rebellious locals. Their friendship is... Read allWoody Davis and are Tex Moore ambitious and enterprising friends who decide to become South American oil drillers in hope of becoming wealthy. Woody and Tex set up a site, but unfortunately, must spend their time fending off attacks from the rebellious locals. Their friendship is also threatened by the beautiful Havana who comes between them.

Director
- Lew Landers
Writers
- Malcolm Stuart Boylan
- Karl Brown
Stars

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IMDb RATING

5.9/10

YOUR RATING

Director
- Lew Landers
Writers
- Malcolm Stuart Boylan
- Karl Brown
Stars

3User reviews

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Claire Carleton and Dennis O'Keefe in Girl from Havana (1940)

Claire Carleton, Victor Jory, and Dennis O'Keefe in Girl from Havana (1940)

Featured review

6/10

What Was Her Name Anyway?

Dennis O'Keefe and Victor Jory are a couple of oilmen working a field somewhere south of the border. O'Keefe sets off a charge to start the well he's in charge of flowing; it starts Jory's well, which earns him a big bonus. While they're in town celebrating, singer Claire Carleton spots the bankroll and gets her hands on it, but she returns O'Keefe watch.

However, when O'Keefe gets in a brawl, one of his pals gets killed. O'Keefe's fired and blacklisted. He takes a job running guns.

This Republic picture starts out like one of those two-oilman-and-a-shady-lady movies that was a staple of the movies, but it soon bites its own tail and starts heading off in different directions. Director Lew Landers doesn't break much new ground, but working off a good script by Malcolm Boylan and Karl Brown, he gets some nice performances out of his leads and supports, including Jay Novello and Steffi Dunn.

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