<Li> Cyril Delevanti as Nonno, poet and Hannah's grandfather </Li> <P> James Garner said he was originally offered the role played by Richard Burton but he turned it down because "it was just too Tennessee Williams for me ." </P> <P> In September 1962 Huston, Lyon, and Burton, accompanied by Elizabeth Taylor, arrived at Puerto Vallarta--a "remote little fishing village"--for principal photography, which lasted 72 days . Huston liked the area's fishing so much that he bought a $30,000 house "in a cottage colony eight miles outside town ." </P> <P> By March 1964, months before the film's release, gossip about the film's production was widespread . Huston received an Writers Guild of America award for advancing "the literature of the motion picture through the years ." At the award dinner, Allan Sherman performed a song, to the tune of "Streets of Laredo", with lyrics that included, "They were down there to film The Night of the Iguana / With a star - studded cast and a technical crew . / They did things at night midst the flora and fauna / That no self - respecting iguana would do ." </P>

Where was the night of the iguana filmed