Machete
This 1959 film noir take on “Othello,” filmed in Puerto Rico, stars Mari Blanchard as flirtatious Jean, who marries an older man, plantation owner Don Luis (Albert Dekker), for financial security and finds herself falling for his virile foster son, Carlos (Carlos Rivas). Fearing that Jean will inherit Luis’s money, his greedy cousin, Miguel (Lee Van Cleef), poisons the bridegroom against his new wife, informing him about her passion for another.
Genre: Drama
Director: Kurt Neumann
Actors: Albert Dekker, Carlos Rivas, Juano Hernández, Lee Van Cleef, Mari Blanchard, Ruth Cains