Cuban Pete (film)

Cuban Pete
Directed by Jean Yarbrough
Written by Bernard Feins
Robert Presnell Sr.
M. Coates Webster
Starring Desi Arnaz
Joan Fulton
Don Porter
Ethel Smith (organist)
Cinematography Maury Gertsman
Edited by Otto Ludwig
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date
  • June 1946 (1946-06)
Running time
 60 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Cuban Pete is a 1946 black-and-white musical comedy film released in the United States. It was directed by Jean Yarbrough and starred the Cuban-born actor and musician Desi Arnaz.

The film with a simple comedy plot contains many numbers of Cuban music and dance, including the song "Cuban Pete" 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")
  • the 1994 film The Mask

Accolades

American Film Institute recognition

References

  1. ↑ "AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs Nominees" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-30.


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