Cuban Pete is a 1946 American musical comedy film was directed by Jean Yarbrough and starred the Cuban-born actor and musician Desi Arnaz. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures.

Cuban Pete
Directed byJean Yarbrough
Written byBernard Feins
Robert Presnell Sr.
M. Coates Webster
StarringDesi Arnaz
Joan Fulton
Don Porter
Ethel Smith
CinematographyMaury Gertsman
Edited byOtto Ludwig
Music byMilton Rosen
Color processBlack-and-white
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Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • June 1946 (1946-06)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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.

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