During the revolution, a high-stakes gambler arrives in Cuba seeking to win big in poker games. Along the way, he meets and falls in love with the wife of a Communist revolutionary.
Cinematography
Havana glows like a dying star—sweat, neon, and colonial decay.
Acting
Lena Olin smolders; Redford does his reluctant-hero thing competently.
Production
Built 1950s Havana in Dominican Republic—cost $60M, bombed spectacularly.
Director
Sydney Pollack
Robert Redford
Jack Weil
Lena Olin
Bobby Duran
Alan Arkin
Joe Volpi
Tomas Milian
Menocal
Daniel Davis
Marion Chigwell
Tony Plana
Julio Ramos
Betsy Brantley
Diane
Lise Cutter
Patty
Richard Farnsworth
Professor
Mark Rydell
Meyer Lansky
Vasek Simek
Willy
Richard Portnow
Mike MacClaney
Dion Anderson
Roy Forbes
Carmine Caridi
Captain Potts
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released months after Goodfellas, this old-fashioned epic felt instantly dated—audiences wanted Scorsese's cocaine energy, not Pollack's melancholy romance.
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