Affair in Havana
# Affair in Havana

Affair in Havana is a 1957 American film noir crime film directed by László Benedek and written by Maurice Zimm. It stars Raymond Burr and John Cassavetes.

The film is about a piano player who falls in love with a crippled man's wife.

## Plot

Mallabee is a millionaire sugar-cane grower in Cuba who blames his wife, Lorna, for an accident that has left him in a wheelchair.

Lorna has been having an affair with Nick, a piano player in a Havana nightclub. Mallabee secretly is aware of this, having hired a private investigator to follow his wife.

The twisted mind of Mallabee has come up with a scheme in which Lorna kills him. She won't do it, but a trusted servant, Valdes, does cause his death by drowning. However, the relationship between Nick and Lorna comes to an unhappy end.

## Cast

* John Cassavetes as Nick
* Raymond Burr as Mallabee
* Sara Shane as Lorna
* Lilia Lazo as Fina
* Sergio Pena as Valdes
* Celia Cruz as Singer
* Jose Antonio Rivero as Rivero
* Miguel Angel Blanco as Captain of Police

## Production

The film was called The Fever Tree and started filming 6 August 1956.

