''Pier 5, Havana'' is a 1959 American Neo-
noir, action, adventure, mystery, thriller
crime film directed by Edward L. Cahn starring
Cameron Mitchell and
Allison Hayes.
Plot
Steve Daggett (
Cameron Mitchell) fights to protect
Fidel Castro from dangerous pro-
Batista
Batista is a Spanish or Portuguese surname. Notable persons with the name include:
* Batista (footballer, born 1955), Brazilian football player
* Dave Bautista, American actor and professional wrestler, also known as Batista
* Edina Alves Batis ...
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' was filmed in the Los Angeles area just after the Cuban Revolution. The
Errol Flynn
Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn (20 June 1909 – 14 October 1959) was an Australian-American actor who achieved worldwide fame during the Golden Age of Hollywood. He was known for his romantic swashbuckler roles, frequent partnerships with Olivia ...
semi-documentary
Cuban Rebel Girls and the black comedy
Our Man in Havana were shot on location on the island in the same post-revolution period.
Cast
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Cameron Mitchell as Steve Daggett
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Allison Hayes as Monica Gray
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Eduardo Noriega as Fernando Ricardo
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Michael Granger
Michael Granger (May 14, 1923 – October 22, 1981) was an American actor. Born Milton Grossman in Kansas City, MO, Granger, he appeared in ''The Big Heat'' and in B movies such as '' Creature With The Atom Brain'', as well as on TV shows includ ...
as Police Lt. Garcia
* Logan Field as Hank Miller
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Nestor Paiva
Nestor Paiva (June 30, 1905 – September 9, 1966) was an American actor of Portuguese descent. He is most famous for his recurring role of Teo Gonzales the innkeeper in Walt Disney's Spanish Western series ''Zorro'' and its feature film ''The ...
as Juan Lopez
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Otto Waldis
Otto Waldis (born Otto Glucksmann-Blum, May 20, 1901 – March 25, 1974) was an Austrian-American character actor in films and television from the 1930s through the 1960s. He was also billed as Otto Blum.
Years in Germany
Waldis was born Otto ...
as Gustave Schluss
* Paul Fierro as Police sergeant
References
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Films directed by Edward L. Cahn
1959 films
Films about the Cuban Revolution
Films produced by Edward Small
Cuban Revolution in fiction
Films scored by Paul Sawtell
1950s English-language films