Cuba Crossing
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{{Infobox film
|name = Cuba Crossing
|image = CubaCrossing.jpg
|caption = VHS cover art
|director = Chuck Workman
|producer = {{Plain list |
- Peter J. Barton
- Wolfgang Bellenbaum
- Dean Heyde
- Jack White
}}
|writer = {{Plain list |
- Chuck Workman
- Robin Swicord
}}
|story = {{Plain list |
- Peter Barton
- Robin Swicord
}}
|starring = {{Plain list |
}}
|music = Jack White
|cinematography = Robert Carras
|editing = James Symons
|distributor = Troma Entertainment
|released = {{Film date|1980|02|23}}
|runtime = 92 minutes
|language = English
|budget = $1.5 millionBriefly Key West balks at Castro film
The Globe and Mail 5 May 1980: P.15.
}}
Cuba Crossing, also known as Assignment: Kill Castro, Kill Castro, and Sweet Dirty Tony,{{sfn|Weldon|1996|page=312}}{{sfn|Britton|2006|page=96}} is a 1980 German/American international co-production action film directed by Chuck Workman and distributed by Troma Entertainment. It was produced by Wolfgang Bellenbaum and Jack White and stars Stuart Whitman,{{sfn|Maltin|2008|page=303}} Robert Vaughn,{{sfn|Britton|2006|page=96}}{{sfn|Maltin|2008|page=303}} Woody Strode,{{sfn|Maltin|2008|page=303}} Albert Salmi,{{sfn|Maltin|2008|page=303}} Sybil Danning, Michael Gazzo, and White's then wife Marie-Louise Gassen.{{sfn|Maltin|2008|page=303}}{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/71984/cuba-crossing#credits|title=Cuba Crossing|work=Turner Classic Movies|publisher=Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner)|location=Atlanta|access-date=November 30, 2016}}
Plot
Hud is an American who survived the Bay of Pigs Invasion and has sworn revenge against Fidel Castro. Many years later, he gets his chance when he is engaged by Mr Rossellini, who blames Castro for his losses when his gambling enterprises and he had to leave Cuba, and the mysterious Mr. Bell, who finances Hud for a mission to Cuba. Hud plans to bring a father-and-son pair of sharpshooters to kill Castro when he stays at a hotel on the Isla de Pinos. Through Rossellini, Hud hires bar owner and ship's captain Tony to bring his men ashore, but the enterprise is fraught with betrayal.
Cast
- Stuart Whitman as Tony
- Robert Vaughn as Hud
- Woody Strode as Titi
- Albert Salmi as Delgato
- Michael Gazzo as Rossellini
- Marie-Louise Gassen as Maria
- Edward Bell as Michael
- Raymond St. Jacques as Mr. Bell
- Sybil Danning as Veronica
- Caren Kaye as Tracy
- Monti Rock the III as Man At Bar
- Bert Williams as 1st Marksman
- Sharon Thomas as Fred
Production
Release
Cuba Crossing was released February 23, 1980 in theatres in West Germany. The film was released on VHS on April 15, 1980. Cuba Crossing was released on DVD March 1, 2005, initially and recently on February 5, 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Cuba-Crossing-Stuart-Whitman/dp/B00022TI2C|title=Cuba Crossing|work=Miracle Pictures Studios|date=28 September 2004 |publisher=Miracle Pictures Studios Properties|location=Denver|accessdate=November 30, 2016|asin=B00022TI2C}}
References
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- {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nhjsnWfFoiAC&q=Assignment%3A+Kill+Castro&pg=PA312|title=The Psychotronic Video Guide To Film|first=Michael|last=Weldon|publisher=St. Martin's Griffin|edition=1st|location=New York City|year=1996|isbn=978-0312131494|page=312}}
- {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2YzSFuZeZZkC&q=The+Venetian+Affair+%28film%29+is+based+on+a+novel+by+Helen+MacInnes.&pg=PA151|title=Onscreen and Undercover: The Ultimate Book of Movie Espionage|first=Wesley Alan|last=Britton|publisher=Praeger Publishers|location=Santa Barbara, California|year=2006|isbn=978-0275992811|page=96}}
- {{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780452289789|url-access=registration|quote=was Stuart Whitman in the 1980 film Cuba Crossing.|title=Leonard Maltin's 2009 Movie Guide|first=Leonard|last=Maltin|authorlink=Leonard Maltin|publisher=Plume|location=New York City|year=2008|isbn=978-0452289789|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780452289789/page/303 303]}}
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External links
{{Commons category|Cuba Crossing}}
- {{IMDb title|id=0080580|title=Cuba Crossing}}
Category:American political thriller films
Category:American independent films
Category:Troma Entertainment films
Category:1980 action thriller films
Category:Films shot in Florida
Category:Films with screenplays by Robin Swicord
Category:English-language German films