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This very entertaining drama of adventure and romance is set in Havana in late 1959 as the corrupt regime of Cuba’s General Batista starts to crumble as Fidel Castro’s forces begin their takeover of the country. Sean Connery gives a powerful and compelling performance as a British soldier-of-fortune who hires himself out to venal Cuban general Martin Balsam to help put down the insurrection. He has no political views, but as he grows aware of the brutality and corruption of the regime and the gulf between Cuba’s rich and poor, his sympathies begin to shift…
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
305841
Language
English
Audience classification
MA
Subject categories
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Cuba
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → War
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Cuba - Politics and government
Feature films → Feature films - United States
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)