Caboblanco

Caboblanco

Theatrical release poster
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
Denny Miller
Music by Jerry Goldsmith
Cinematography Álex Phillips Jr.
Release dates
  • 1980 (1980) (U.S.)
  • 1981 (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.

The movie marks the third collaboration between Bronson and director J. Lee Thompson (following 1976's St. Ives and 1977's The White Buffalo).

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.

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]

Jerry Vermilye states that the movie's producers advised the trade press that it was not a remake of Casablanca, arguing that the similarities were very limited.[3]

Cast

References

  1. ↑ Time Out Film Guide, Penguin, 1989, p.96.
  2. ↑ Halliwell's Film Guide, 16th edition, 2000, p.126.
  3. ↑ Vermilye, Jerry (1980). The Films of Charles Bronson. Citadel Press. p. 250. ISBN 0-8065-0695-4.

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