Girl from Havana

Girl from Havana
Girl from Havana
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Lew Landers
Screenplay by	Malcolm Stuart Boylan; Karl Brown
Produced by	Robert North
Starring	Dennis O'Keefe; Claire Carleton; Victor Jory; Steffi Duna; Gordon Jones; Bradley Page
Cinematography	Ernest Miller
Edited by	William Morgan
Music by	William Lava
Production; company	Republic Pictures
Distributed by	Republic Pictures
Release date	September 11, 1940;
Running time	69 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Girl from Havana is a 1940 American

drama film directed by Lew Landers and written by Malcolm Stuart Boylan and Karl Brown. The film stars Dennis O'Keefe, Claire Carleton, Victor Jory, Steffi Duna, Gordon Jones and Bradley Page. The film was released on September 11, 1940, by Republic Pictures.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Plot

Woody and Tex, a pair of American oilmen working in

loaded dice in a craps

game.

Woody, fired from his job, is sprung by pal Tubby Waters, who is then killed by a man named Drenov in a fight when he tries to protect Woody. Woody avenges him by killing Drenov, whose job he is promptly offered as a

gunrunner

to Captain Lazear, a revolutionary.

Sensing that he is in grave danger, Havana ventures into the jungle to find Woody near a hidden storehouse of ammunition. explosives and weapons including

hand grenades

. There she encounters Lazear's jealous girlfriend, Chita, and pretends she and Woody are married. Tex arrives to help Woody fight off the revolutionaries using the smuggled arms, then is by their side again when Woody and Havana are actually wed.