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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
|name = Cuba Crossing
|name = Cuba Crossing
|image = CubaCrossing.jpg
|image = CubaCrossing.jpg
|caption = VHS cover for 'Cuba Crossing'
|caption = [[VHS]] cover art
|director = Chuck Workman
|director = [[Chuck Workman]]
|producer = {{Plain list |
|producer = Peter J. Barton<br>Benno Bellenbaum<br>Dean Heyde<br>Jack White
|writer = Peter Barton<br>Robin Swicord<br>Chuck Workman
* Peter J. Barton
* Wolfgang Bellenbaum
|starring = [[Stuart Whitman]]<br>[[Robert Vaughn]]<br>[[Woody Strode]]<br>[[Albert Salmi]]<br>[[Michael V. Gazzo]]<br>[[Raymond St. Jacques]]<br>[[Caren Kaye]]<br>[[Sybil Danning]]<br>[[Sharon Thomas (actress)|Sharon Thomas]]
* Dean Heyde
|music = Jack White
* [[Jack White (music producer)|Jack White]]
}}
|writer = {{Plain list |
* Chuck Workman
* [[Robin Swicord]]
}}
|story = {{Plain list |
* Peter Barton
* Robin Swicord
}}
|starring = {{Plain list |
* [[Stuart Whitman]]
* [[Robert Vaughn]]
* [[Woody Strode]]
* [[Albert Salmi]]
* [[Michael V. Gazzo|Michael Gazzo]]
}}
|music = [[Jack White (music producer)|Jack White]]
|cinematography = Robert Carras
|cinematography = Robert Carras
|editing = James Symons
|editing = James Symons
|distributor = [[Troma Entertainment]]
|distributor = [[Troma Entertainment]]
|released = {{Film date|1980}}
|released = {{Film date|1980|02|23}}
|runtime = 92 minutes
|runtime = 92 minutes
|language = English
|language = English
|budget = $1.5 million<ref>Briefly Key West balks at Castro film
|budget =
The Globe and Mail 5 May 1980: P.15.</ref>
}}
}}
'''''Cuba Crossing''''', also known as ''Assignment: Kill Castro'', is a 1980 [[action film]] directed by Chuck Workman and distributed by [[Troma Entertainment]]. The plot features [[Robert Vaughn]], [[Stuart Whitman]], and [[Michael V. Gazzo]] as adventurers who get caught up in a plot to kill [[Fidel Castro]].
'''''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 (music producer)|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 V. Gazzo|Michael Gazzo]], and White's then wife Marie-Louise Gassen.{{sfn|Maltin|2008|page=303}}<ref name="Cuba Crossing">{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/71984/Cuba-Crossing/full-credits.html|title=Cuba Crossing|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]] ([[Time Warner]])|location=[[Atlanta]]|accessdate=November 30, 2016}}</ref>

==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==
* [[Stuart Whitman]] as Tony
* [[Robert Vaughn]] as Hud
* [[Woody Strode]] as Titi
* [[Albert Salmi]] as Delgato
* [[Michael V. Gazzo|Michael Gazzo]] as Rossellini
* [[Marie-Louise Gassen]] as Maria
* [[Edward Bell (actor)|Edward Bell]] as Michael
* [[Raymond St. Jacques]] as Mr. Bell
* [[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]].{{sfn|Maltin|2008|page=303}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/90603|title=Cuba Crossing|work=Florida Memory|publisher=[[Blogger (service)|Blogger]]|location=[[Florida]]|accessdate=November 30, 2016}}</ref>

==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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

===Sources===
{{Refbegin|30em}}

* {{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 Press#Imprints|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=[[Greenwood Publishing Group#Imprints|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 (publisher)|Plume]]|location=[[New York City]]|year=2008|isbn=978-0452289789|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780452289789/page/303 303]}}

{{Refend}}


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Latest revision as of 17:40, 21 September 2024

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

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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

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Production

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

Release

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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

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  1. ^ Briefly Key West balks at Castro film The Globe and Mail 5 May 1980: P.15.
  2. ^ Weldon 1996, p. 312.
  3. ^ a b Britton 2006, p. 96.
  4. ^ a b c d e f 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.

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