Club Havana

Club Havana is a 1945 American drama mystery directed by Edgar G. Ulmer. It was produced and released by independent film company Producers Releasing Corporation. It has been compared to the 1933 film Grand Hotel.

The film was directed by Edgar G. Ulmer. Originally, writer Fred Jackson was set to direct, but Ulmer replaced him by February 1945. The cast includes Tom Neal, Margaret Lindsay, Don Douglas, and Marc Lawrence. The films story was written by Jackson. It was shot in only four days. Ulmer did not use a script for the film, as producer Leon Fromkess told him OK, you say you can do things shoot it without a script invent it. He shot the film on only one set. Ulmer later recalled in an interview with Peter Bogdanovich that he adored making the film.Club Havana was distributed by Producers Releasing Corporation. They released the film in November 1945. Film scholar Hal Erickson believed the film was Grand Hotel, PRC style. Film critic Leonard Maltin wrote negatively about the film, calling it a very cheap production with little of interest. ........

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