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Florida Straits

Florida Straits

Greed for gold drove them into an unimaginable hell... Would they escape with their lives?

19865.01h 37m

Overview

A man who spent 20 years in Cuban prison after the failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion and a boat captain and his crew go covertly to Cuba to find a cache of gold buried during the invasion. But can they trust each other?

Directed by Mike Hodges
Written by Roderick Taylor
Produced by Stuart B. Rekant
Box Office0Revenue: $44K

Top Cast

Raúl Juliá

Raúl Juliá

Carlos Jayne

Fred Ward

Fred Ward

Lucky Boone

Daniel H. Jenkins

Daniel H. Jenkins

Mac

Jaime Sánchez

Jaime Sánchez

Inocente

Victor Argo

Victor Argo

Pablo

I

Ilka Tanya Payán

Carmen

Antonio Fargas

Antonio Fargas

El Gato Negro

Jesse Corti

Jesse Corti

Guido

Raúl Dávila

Raúl Dávila

Esteban

S

Simon Frederick

Beer Handler

Themes & Keywords

floridagoldcubaboat

About Florida Straits

Florida Straits is a action, adventure, romance, tv movie film released in 1986 exploring themes of florida, gold, cuba, boat. Directed by Mike Hodges, it stars Raúl Juliá, Fred Ward, Daniel H. Jenkins. A man who spent 20 years in Cuban prison after the failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion and a boat captain and his crew go covertly to Cuba to find a cache of gold buried during the invasion. But can they trust each other?

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