Cuban Pete (1946)
- Directed by
- Jean Yarbrough
- Genre
- musical film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A Cuban musician gets into comedic situations in a plot that is mostly an excuse for musical numbers. The film features many performances of Cuban songs and dances.
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What happens
Cuban Pete is a 1946 American musical comedy film directed by Jean Yarbrough and starring the Cuban-born actor and musician Desi Arnaz. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. The film with a simple comedy plot contains many numbers of Cuban music and dance, including the song of the same name by Joseph Norman. It was used in the television show I Love Lucy (episodes: "The Diet", with Lucille Ball as Sally Sweet and "Lucy Goes to a Rodeo" as an alternative version, "Texas Pete") and in the 1994 film The Mask. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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