Cuban Pete

Cuban Pete

60 mins | Music | June 26, 1946

Unable to complete the deal by telephone, advertising executive Roberts sends his assistant Ann to Cuba to lure a Cuban band, led by Desi Arnaz, on to an American radio program. Attracted to Ann, Arnaz and his band come to New York but complications arise when the squeaky-voiced, addle-brained sponsor of the program decides she wants to be the vocalist on the program.

Cuban Pete

60 mins | Music | June 26, 1946

Cuban Pete
Unable to complete the deal by telephone, advertising executive Roberts sends his assistant Ann to Cuba to lure a Cuban band, led by Desi Arnaz, on to an American radio program. Attracted to Ann, Arnaz and his band come to New York but complications arise when the squeaky-voiced, addle-brained sponsor of the program decides she wants to be the vocalist on the program.
Producers
Original title Cuban Pete
Directors Jean Yarbrough
Writers M. Coates Webster, Robert Presnell Sr.

Cast

Desi Arnaz

as Himself

Joan Shawlee

as Ann (as Joan Fulton)

Beverly Simmons

as Brownie

Don Porter

as Roberts

Jacqueline deWit

as Lindsay

Pedro de Cordoba

as Perez