''Cuba Crossing'', also known as ''Assignment: Kill Castro'', ''Kill Castro'', and ''Sweet Dirty Tony'', is a 1980 German/American
international co-production action film directed by
Chuck Workman
Chuck Workman is a documentary filmmaker from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. His 1986 film ''Precious Images'' won an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film; his work has also been nominated for Emmy Awards, Sundance Film Festival awards, ...
and distributed by
Troma Entertainment. It was produced by
Wolfgang Bellenbaum and
Jack White and stars
Stuart Whitman,
Robert Vaughn,
Woody Strode,
Albert Salmi,
Sybil Danning,
Michael Gazzo
Michael Vincenzo Gazzo (April 5, 1923 – February 14, 1995) was an American playwright who later in life became a film and television actor. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in ''The Godfather Part II'' (1974).
Biography
Gazz ...
, and White's then wife Marie-Louise Gassen.
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 la Juventud, 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
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Stuart Whitman as Tony
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Robert Vaughn as Hud
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Woody Strode as Titi
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Albert Salmi as Delgato
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Michael Gazzo
Michael Vincenzo Gazzo (April 5, 1923 – February 14, 1995) was an American playwright who later in life became a film and television actor. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in ''The Godfather Part II'' (1974).
Biography
Gazz ...
as Rossellini
* Marie-Louise Gassen as Maria
* Edward Bell (actor), Edward Bell as Michael
* Raymond St. Jacques as Mr. Bell
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Sybil Danning as Veronica
* Caren Kaye as Tracy
* Monti Rock III, Monti Rock the III as Man at Bar
* Bert Williams as 1st Marksman
* Sharon Thomas (actress), Sharon Thomas as Fred
Production
''Cuba Crossing'' was filmed in Key West, Florida.
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.
References
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External links
* {{IMDb title, id=0080580, title=Cuba Crossing
1980 films
American political thriller films
American independent films
West German films
Troma Entertainment films
1980 action thriller films
Films set in Florida
Films shot in Florida
Cold War films
Films set in Cuba
Films with screenplays by Robin Swicord
English-language German films
1980s English-language films
1980s American films