Main Cast: Stuart Whitman, Robert Vaughn, Raymond St. Jacques, Caren Kaye, Woody Strode
Release Year: 1980
Country: US
Run Time: 90 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
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. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Albert Salmi - Delgato; Michael Vincente Gazzo - Rosselini; Monte Rock III - Man at Bar; Oswaldo Calvo - Referee; Raymond Elmendorf - Buddy; Sharon Thomas - Fred; Bert Williams - 1st Marksman; Sybil Danning - Veronica; Edward Bell - Michael
Credit
Carl Workman - Director, Peter J. Barton - Producer, Carl Workman - Screenwriter
