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'''''Cuban Rebel Girls''''' is a 1959 film and the last film for [[Errol Flynn]]. It co-starred [[Beverly Aadland]], then Flynn’s girlfriend, and was produced and directed by [[Barry Mahon]].
'''''Cuban Rebel Girls''''' is a 1959 film and the last film for [[Errol Flynn]]. It co-starred [[Beverly Aadland]], then Flynn’s girlfriend, and was produced and directed by [[Barry Mahon]].
Written and narrated by Flynn, who was sympathetic to [[Fidel Castro]] at the time, the film features Flynn as a war correspondent helping Fidel Castro overthrow Cuban dictator [[Fulgencio Batista]]. (Most online sources barely mention the "girls.") It is filmed in black and white with a screen time of 68 minutes.

Written and narrated by Flynn, who was sympathetic to [[Fidel Castro]] at the time, the film is a drama about a group of [[mercenary|mercenaries]] helping Castro against [[Fulgencio Batista]]. It is filmed in black and white with a screen time of 68 minutes.
==References==
==References==
*Flynn, E. ''My Wicked, Wicked Ways.'' G.P. Putnam’s Sons 1959, Pan Books 1961 in association with William Heinemann Ltd, 5th Printing 1979.
*Flynn, E. ''My Wicked, Wicked Ways.'' G.P. Putnam’s Sons 1959, Pan Books 1961 in association with William Heinemann Ltd, 5th Printing 1979.
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* {{imdb title|id=0052717|title=Cuban Rebel Girls}}
* {{imdb title|id=0052717|title=Cuban Rebel Girls}}
* [http://www.scoopy.com/cubanrebelgirls.htm Detailed Movie House article]
* [http://www.scoopy.com/cubanrebelgirls.htm Detailed Movie House article]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPVUqaBkKao Entire film on YouTube]


[[Category:1959 films]]
[[Category:1959 films]]

Revision as of 11:24, 15 December 2011

Cuban Rebel Girls
Advertising Poster for Cuban Rebel Girls
Directed byBarry Mahon
Written byErrol Flynn
StarringBeverly Aadland
Jackie Jackler
Marie Edmund
Errol Flynn
Release date
1959
Running time
68 mins
CountryUSA
Language English

Cuban Rebel Girls is a 1959 film and the last film for Errol Flynn. It co-starred Beverly Aadland, then Flynn’s girlfriend, and was produced and directed by Barry Mahon. Written and narrated by Flynn, who was sympathetic to Fidel Castro at the time, the film features Flynn as a war correspondent helping Fidel Castro overthrow Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. (Most online sources barely mention the "girls.") It is filmed in black and white with a screen time of 68 minutes.

References

  • Flynn, E. My Wicked, Wicked Ways. G.P. Putnam’s Sons 1959, Pan Books 1961 in association with William Heinemann Ltd, 5th Printing 1979.
  • Thomas, T., Behlmer, R. & McCarty, C. The Films of Errol Flynn. Citadel Press. 1969.