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Escaped convict Griffin and his friends ran all the way to Hell...with a penny, and a broken cigarette.Escaped convict Griffin and his friends ran all the way to Hell...with a penny, and a broken cigarette.Escaped convict Griffin and his friends ran all the way to Hell...with a penny, and a broken cigarette.
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Anthony Cardoza
- Landis
- (as Tony Cardoza)
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Tom Hanson
- Bailey Chastain
- (as Tom Hansen)
Frederic Downs
- Tinsley
- (as Fredric Downs)
James H. Russell
- Kelly
- (as Jamie Russell)
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Did you know
- TriviaJohn Carradine sings the title track.
- GoofsOne of the American soldiers shot dead by the Cuban firing squad reappears minutes later as a Cuban guard.
- Alternate versionsMany variant prints of this film exist. Missing from most prints, but included in the widely distributed Mystery Science Theater version are scenes that feature a longer opening, a scene where Landis and Cook drive their truck to a gas station and ask for work, a longer invasion of Cuba sequence, an extended scene with the blind woman, a longer train riding sequence, and an extended scene where Griffin and Landis get into a fight over Landis's ring.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Mystery Science Theater 3000: Red Zone Cuba (1994)
- SoundtracksNight Train to Mundo Finé
Written by Ray Gregory
Music played by Ray Gregory and the Melmen
Sung by John Carradine
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I realize this is just yet another post on an overcrowded site, but we all need to vent after seeing this film. I have watched it several times in an attempt to discern what exactly is going on, and it sort of fits together...until that whole "throwing the old guy down a well" thing. I mean, sure, there are plot holes big enough to put Coleman Francis through, but it's still sort of a story until that point. I still don't understand who the group was that invaded Cuba, though. Were they mercenaries, because there was some garbled mention of two one thousand dollar payments made (which enticed the trio to sign up in the first place)? Where did this money come from? The government? If so, you'd think they might have thrown a little more money that way, and maybe had an invading force in double figures. AGH! See, this is what this movie does to you! It laughs in your face with its ineptness, knowing you can't count fast enough to put a number on its flaws! Another Crow quote: "I see the movie has finally thrown up its hands and just said, 'I don't know.'" This film does contain one moment that still makes me laugh, however: when bombs are going off all around their jail cell, we get a super close-up of the repugnant Coleman Francis saying "Bay of Pigs", in a voice I will spend the rest of my life trying to emulate. It's easily one of the stupidest scenes film has ever recorded, and I'm surprised the film didn't spontaneously burst into flames from the shame.
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- $30,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
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