Santana Productions was a film production company founded in 1948 by

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. It was named after his yacht (and the cabin cruiser in '' Key Largo''). The company released its films, known for its film noir through

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, but the majority of its motion pictures lost money at the box office, ultimately forcing the sale of Santana.

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* Film production companies of the United States Entertainment companies based in California Entertainment companies established in 1948 1948 establishments in California Defunct companies based in Greater Los Angeles Entertainment companies disestablished in 1955 {{US-film-company-stub