this be one of three low budget programmer make by cameron mitchell for director edward l. cahn and the same production company ( all ua release ) in 1959 60 and all of which be worth see . living in miami and small businessman cameron mitchell come to post revolution havana to find an old friend who be go to come and work for him and but never arrive and seem to have vanish . although mitchell character be not a detective and this play a lot like a detective film and and director cahn be a master at pacing and so despite the miniscule budget ( havana be evoke by a few small set and a few california exterior with spanish language sign on them . ) and the film play like a good little paperback original mystery novel especially so since mitchell provide voice over narration here and there to speed thing along and to mention thing that would be too expensive to show on camera . a always and mitchell treat the role with the great respect and dig into the character and turn what could have be a generic role into someone the viewer care about and root for . michael granger be also excellent a the honest and professional cuban police investigator who stay on the case himself and keep run into mitchell along the way . the film also feature legendary 50 lead lady allison hayes ( gunslinger and the unearthly and attack of the 50 ft. woman ) a a woman who once know mitchell and be marry to the miss man . although a low budget programmer that be only 67 minute long and be no doubt make in a few week and pier 5 and havana provide good and honest and hard boil entertainment and play like a good 1950s detective tv show . director edward l. cahn be the best kind of journeyman director and a true pro who could take a talented cast and a few small set and and a genre base script and and turn it all into a solid and unpretentious feature film that still entertain and engage decade after it be make . if you come to this film with enough willing suspension of disbelief and it would not matter that the punch throw in the fight scene miss by at least eight inch the sound effect be synched accurately so you think the punch must have land and and the scene have move on before you have time to analyze it . i will take honest entertainment like this over cgi effect any day of the week . this film be probably make for less than the bottled water budget on the last eddie murphy film . bravo to director cahn and star cameron mitchell .