Cabo Blanco( 1980)

TV-MAAdventureDramaRomance

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Caboblanco. Where legends are born.

Overview

Giff Hoyt, 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 also intimidates a new arrival Marie, and Giff intervenes to help her. Giff suspects Beckdorff, a Nazi refugee living in the area. Beckdorff, it emerges, is seeking to uncover sunken treasure.

Top Billed Cast

Charles Bronson
Gifford Hoyt
Jason Robards
Gunther Beckdorff
Dominique Sanda
Marie-Claire Allesandri
Fernando Rey
Police Captain Torredo
Simon MacCorkindale
Lewis Clarkson
Camilla Sparv
Hera
Gilbert Roland
Dr. Rudolfo Ramirez
Denny Miller
Horst
James Booth
John Baker
Jorge Russek
Provincial Minister
Clifton James
Lorrimer
Ernest Esparza III
Pepe
José Chávez
Bustamante
Carlos Romano
Miguel
Martin LaSalle
Aparicio
Conrad Hool
British Crewman #1 (as Alan Conrad)
Stephen Peck
British Crewman #2
Manuel Martín
Inquest Clerk
Aldo Sambrell
Policeman
Carlos Bravo y Fernández 'Carlhillos'
Sánchez (as Carlos Bravo)
José Carlos Ruiz
Hernandez
Ana De Sade
Rosa
Pedro Damián
Eduardo
Gerardo Zepeda
Canero

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Wed Jun 07 2023

Unfortunately, with the possible exception of "Death on the Nile" (1978), the presence of Simon MacCorkindale is rarely a portent for a good movie, and here is no different. When a diver is found drowned off the coast of Caboblanco, Peru, the official line is that is was accidental. Local taverna owner "Giff Hoyt" (Charles Bronson) smells a rat, and that smell gets stronger when "Marie" (Dominique Sanda) arrives in town and falls foul of the local authorities that seems a little too beholden to local German businessman "Gunther Beckdorff" (Jason Robards). Something is afoot - and it doesn't tak...