Cuba Crossing

Cuba Crossing
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Directed by	Chuck Workman
Written by	Chuck Workman Robin Swicord
Story by	Peter Barton Robin Swicord
Produced by	Peter J. Barton Wolfgang Bellenbaum Dean Heyde Jack White
Starring	Stuart Whitman Robert Vaughn Woody Strode Albert Salmi Michael Gazzo
Cinematography	Robert Carras
Edited by	James Symons
Music by	Jack White
Distributed by	Troma Entertainment
Release date	February 23, 1980 (1980-02-23)
Running time	92 minutes
Language	English
Budget	$1.5 million[1]

Cuba Crossing, also known as Assignment: Kill Castro, Kill Castro, and Sweet Dirty Tony,[2][3] 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,[4] Robert Vaughn,[3][4] Woody Strode,[4] Albert Salmi,[4] Sybil Danning, Michael Gazzo, and White's then wife Marie-Louise Gassen.[4][5]

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

Cuba Crossing was filmed in Key West, Florida.[4][6]

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.[7]

References

1. Briefly Key West balks at Castro film The Globe and Mail 5 May 1980: P.15.
2. Weldon 1996, p. 312.
3. Britton 2006, p. 96.
4. Maltin 2008, p. 303.
5. "Cuba Crossing". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved November 30, 2016.
6. "Cuba Crossing". Florida Memory. Florida: Blogger. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
7. "Cuba Crossing". Miracle Pictures Studios. Denver: Miracle Pictures Studios Properties. 28 September 2004. ASIN B00022TI2C. Retrieved November 30, 2016.

Sources

• Weldon, Michael (1996). The Psychotronic Video Guide To Film (1st ed.). New York City: St. Martin's Griffin. p. 312. ISBN 978-0312131494.
• Britton, Wesley Alan (2006). Onscreen and Undercover: The Ultimate Book of Movie Espionage. Santa Barbara, California: Praeger Publishers. p. 96. ISBN 978-0275992811.
• Maltin, Leonard (2008). Leonard Maltin's 2009 Movie Guide. New York City: Plume. p. 303. ISBN 978-0452289789. was Stuart Whitman in the 1980 film Cuba Crossing.

External links

• Cuba Crossing at IMDb