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Plot

Assignment: Kill Castro was originally released as Cuba Crossing. Stuart Whitman stars as a mercenary hired to "off" the Cuban dictator. He soon discovers that he will be immediately expendable once the deed is done, and that co-stars like Robert Vaughn should not automatically be trusted. Raymond St. Jacques, Woody Strode and Caren Kaye are among the good actors who appear fitfully in the film; the bulk of the story, however, is carried by such inexpensive unknowns as Mary Lou Gassen. Don't miss jewelry-bedecked pop star Monty Rock III as a "cruiser"--and we don't mean the Evinrude variety. A giveaway that Assignment: Kill Castro had trouble finding an audience is its plethora of alternate titles; in addition to Cuba Crossing, the film was also known as Kill Castro, The Mercenaries and Sweet Violent Tony.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Drama,Thriller
Run Time:
90min.
DVD Release Date:
09/28/2004
Director(s):
Themes:
Assassination Plots,Conspiracies
Tone:
Claustrophobic,Paranoid,Tense
Keywords:
CIA (Central-Intelligence-Agency),agent [representative],assassination,boating,conspiracy,espionage,gadgets,hitman,killing,leader,mercenary,murder,politics,scheme,tavern
Language:
English