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Killing Castro

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In 1960, Fidel Castro came to America to speak at the UN shortly after winning the Cuban Revolution. Having been turned away by all of the hotels in Manhattan, he is invited by Malcolm X to stay in Harlem at the famous Hotel Theresa. Unsure of his intentions, the FBI, CIA, and the Mafia attempt to eliminate him -by any means necessary.

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Frank J. Avella The Contending Jun 29
B
Much of Killing Castro is dizzyingly entertaining conjecture...But the film is also a taut and tense look at a time right before the world was brought to the brink of nuclear annihilation, via the Cuban Missile Crisis. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Eif Rivera

Director

Al Pacino

Actor

Diego Boneta

Actor

Xolo Maridueña

Actor

KiKi Layne

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Ron Livingston

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Synopsis In 1960, Fidel Castro came to America to speak at the UN shortly after winning the Cuban Revolution. Having been turned away by all of the hotels in Manhattan, he is invited by Malcolm X to stay in Harlem at the famous Hotel Theresa. Unsure of his intentions, the FBI, CIA, and the Mafia attempt to eliminate him -by any means necessary.
Director
Eif Rivera
Producer
Brad Feinstein, Christina Weiss Lurie
Screenwriter
Thomas DeGrezia, Leon Hendrix III
Genre
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 30m