5.5
Kukuli
1961
“Caboblanco. Where legends are born.”
Caboblanco (1980)
January 23, 19801h 27mEN
5.3
37 votes
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.
Director
J. Lee ThompsonWhere to Watch
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Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$10.0M
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
Arco FilmsCabo Blanco Production Inc.MVS Televisión
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5.0Unfortunately, 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 ta…
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