Caboblanco

Caboblanco

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Release Date

1/23/1980

Runtime

87 mins

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$10,000,000

Revenue

-

Homepage

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A postwar noir-tinged adventure where a cynical cafe owner finds himself drawn into a web of danger when a murder investigation collides with the presence of Nazi fugitives in a remote Peruvian port town.

Mood

TenseParanoidDefiant

Themes

CorruptionSurvivalRedemption

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Steady

Look

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Structure

Linear

Heads up

Graphic violence

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