Cuban Fireball

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Cuban Fireball
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Directed by William Beaudine
Written by Charles E. Roberts
Jack Townley
Produced by Sidney Picker
Starring Estelita Rodriguez
Warren Douglas
Mimi Aguglia
Leon Belasco
Cinematography Reggie Lanning
Edited by Arthur Roberts
Tony Martinelli
Music by Stanley Wilson
Production
company
Distributed byRepublic Pictures
Release date
  • March 5, 1951 (1951-03-05)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Cuban Fireball is a 1951 American musical film directed by William Beaudine and starring Estelita Rodriguez, Warren Douglas and Mimi Aguglia. [1] An employee at a Havana cigar factory discovers that she has been left some lucrative oil wells by a relative. She travels to Los Angeles to claim her inheritance.[ citation needed ]

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  1. Gevinson p.241

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