Caboblanco

Caboblanco (1980) is an American drama film directed by J. Lee Thompson, starring Charles Bronson, Dominique Sanda and Jason Robards. The film has often been described as a remake of Casablanca.

Caboblanco
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJ. Lee Thompson
Produced byLance Hool
Written byMorton S. Fine
Milton S. Gelman
StarringCharles Bronson
Jason Robards
Dominique Sanda
Fernando Rey
Denny Miller
Music byJerry Goldsmith
CinematographyÁlex Phillips Jr.
Release date
  • 1980 (1980) (U.S.)
  • 1981 (1981) (UK)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$10 million

The movie marks the third collaboration between Bronson and director J. Lee Thompson (following 1976's St. Ives and 1977's The White Buffalo).

Plot

Giff Hoyt (Bronson), a cafe owner in Cabo Blanco, Peru after World War II is caught between refuge-seeking Nazis and their enemies. After the murder of a sea explorer is passed off as accidental death by the corrupt local police, Giff becomes suspicious. The police chief (Rey) also intimidates a new arrival Marie (Sanda), and Giff intervenes to help her. Giff suspects Beckdorff (Robards), a Nazi refugee living in the area. Beckdorff, it emerges, is seeking to uncover sunken treasure.

Cast

Production

Bronson said "I was drawn to it because it didn't have too much violence in it. The script read and smelled like the kind of thing I enjoyed as a kid, something far away from the mines."[1]

Reception

The film was poorly received by critics, described as an "appalling rehash" of Casablanca and as "indescribably inept" by Time Out.[2] Halliwell's Film Guide described it as a "witless spoof of Casablanca which seems to have been cobbled together from a half-finished negative."[3]

Jerry Vermilye states that the movie's producers advised the trade press that it was not a remake of Casablanca, arguing that the similarities were very limited.[4]

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References
  1. Movies: Bronson: After 62 films, still the reliable pro Siskel, Gene. Chicago Tribune 7 Sep 1980: d3.
  2. Time Out Film Guide, Penguin, 1989, p.96.
  3. Halliwell's Film Guide, 16th edition, 2000, p.126.
  4. Vermilye, Jerry (1980). The Films of Charles Bronson. Citadel Press. p. 250. ISBN 0-8065-0695-4.


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