Whether by accident or design (Ray was surely not picking his own properties then?) features another doomed couple à la They Live By Night. Bogie is a screenwriter who can't control his temper, suspected of a murder, Gloria Grahame the neighbour - they fall for each other but can't escape the vortex of violence, paranoia and fear - making the second half rather uncomfortable viewing.
Also features Frank Lovejoy (detective), Art Smith (Bogie's agent), Robert Warwick (drunken thespian - Sullivan's Travels, The Awful Truth).
Shot by Burnett Guffey, music George Antheil.
Truffaut gives us an interesting footnote that Grahame and Ray were married - they fell apart and she claimed violent behaviour on his side... And in an interview for Cahiers Ray reveals that the ending of the film was improvised.
And yes the Santana is the name of Bogie's yacht and his production company which made this.
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