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The Big Boodle [A Night in Havana] ** (1957, Errol Flynn, Pedro Armendariz, Rossana Rory, Gia Scala) – Classic Movie Review 12,658

The interesting 1957 Havana-set American film noir crime film The Big Boodle is based on the 1954 novel by Robert Sylvester, and stars Errol Flynn, Pedro Armendariz, Rossana Rory and Gia Scala. It is shot in […]

Oct, 02

We Were Strangers *** (1949, Jennifer Jones, John Garfield, Pedro Armendáriz, Ramon Novarro, Gilbert Roland) – Classic Movie Review 9961

Director John Huston’s 1949 We Were Strangers stars John Garfield as Tony Fenner, who helps a 1930s Cuba plot to overthrow the tyrannical and despotic government of President Machado by blowing up a cemetery at […]

Jun, 26

Week-End in Havana ***½ (1941, Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, John Payne, Cesar Romero) – Classic Movie Review 9,933

20th Century Fox’s 1941 film Week-End in Havana is a highly engaging Forties wartime musical, with Alice Faye and Carmen Miranda on top singing form. It is 81 minutes of Technicolor escapist bliss. Director Walter […]

Jun, 19

The Mambo Kings ***** (1992, Armand Assante, Antonio Banderas, Cathy Moriarty, Maruschka Detmers, Pablo Calogero, Desi Arnaz Jr) – Classic Movie Review 9530

Producer-director Arne Glimcher’s brilliant, beguling 1992 musical drama The Mambo Kings is the musical film as a style object. Armand Assante and Antonio Banderas star in a soulful love story with music about two brothers […]

Mar, 20

Santiago [The Gun Runner] ** (1956, Alan Ladd, Rossana Podestà, Lloyd Nolan, Chill Wills, Paul Fix, L Q Jones, Frank DeKova) – Classic Movie Review 9106

Director Gordon Douglas’s 1956 romantic adventure movie Santiago stars Alan Ladd and Lloyd Nolan as Cash Adams and Clay Pike, rival gunrunners aboard an old-time paddle steamer at the time of the Cuban war of […]

Nov, 29

Cuba *** (1979, Sean Connery, Brooke Adams, Jack Weston, Hector Elizondo, Chris Sarandon, Martin Balsam) -Classic Movie Review 8944

Director Richard Lester’s 1979 adventure Cuba stars Sean Connery as retired British army Major Robert Dapes, a mercenary who comes to Havana to serve as a military training adviser to the crumbling regime of General […]

Sep, 27

A Lady without Passport ** (1950, Hedy Lamarr, John Hodiak, James Craig, George Macready) – Classic Movie Review 8,041

Joseph H Lewis’s 1950 MGM black and white thriller film A Lady without Passport starring Hedy Lamarr and John Hodiak is a heady brew, mixing romantic adventure, film noir and crime drama. Director Joseph H […]

Jan, 21

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