Caboblanco
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| Directed by | J. Lee Thompson |
| Produced by | Lance Hool |
| Written by | Morton S. Fine Milton S. Gelman |
| Starring | Charles Bronson Jason Robards Dominique Sanda Fernando Rey |
| Music by | Jerry Goldsmith |
| Cinematography | Álex Phillips Jr. |
| Release date(s) | 1980 (US) 1981 (UK) |
| Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] Reception
The film was poorly received by critics, described as an "appalling rehash" of Casablanca and as "indescribably inept" by Time Out.[1] Halliwell's Film Guide described it as a "witless spoof of Casablanca which seems to have been cobbled together from a half-finished negative."[2]
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