Cuba Crossing

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. The film was produced by Wolfgang Bellenbaum and Jack White. The film 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]

Cuba Crossing
VHS cover for 'Cuba Crossing'
Directed byChuck Workman
Produced by
  • Peter J. Barton
  • Wolfgang Bellenbaum
  • Dean Heyde
  • Jack White
Written by
Story by
  • Peter Barton
  • Robin Swicord
Starring
Music byJack White
CinematographyRobert Carras
Edited byJames Symons
Distributed byTroma Entertainment
Release date
  • February 23, 1980 (1980-02-23)
Running time
92 minutes
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1.5 million[1]

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

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]

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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. ASIN B00022TI2C. Retrieved November 30, 2016.

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