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Red Zone Cuba

Original title: Night Train to Mundo Fine
  • 1966
  • 1h 29m
IMDb RATING
1.6/10
6.6K
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John Carradine, Anthony Cardoza, and Coleman Francis in Red Zone Cuba (1966)
ActionAdventureCrimeDramaThrillerWar

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.

  • Director
    • Coleman Francis
  • Writer
    • Coleman Francis
  • Stars
    • Coleman Francis
    • Anthony Cardoza
    • Harold Saunders
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  • IMDb RATING
    1.6/10
    6.6K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Coleman Francis
    • Writer
      • Coleman Francis
    • Stars
      • Coleman Francis
      • Anthony Cardoza
      • Harold Saunders
    • 122User reviews
    • 14Critic reviews
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    Coleman Francis
    • Griffin…
    Anthony Cardoza
    • Landis
    • (as Tony Cardoza)
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    Harold Saunders
    • Cook
    John Carradine
    John Carradine
    • Mr. Wilson
    John Morrison
    • Joe
    George Prince
    • Cherokee Jack
    Tom Hanson
    Tom Hanson
    • Bailey Chastain
    • (as Tom Hansen)
    Lanell Cado
    • Ruby Chastain
    Charles F. Harter
    • Cliff Weismeyer
    Julian Baker
    • Sheriff
    Elaine Gifford
    • Cliff Weismeyer's Daughter
    Frederic Downs
    Frederic Downs
    • Tinsley
    • (as Fredric Downs)
    James H. Russell
    • Kelly
    • (as Jamie Russell)
    Jim Stout
    Avilio Silva
    • Cuban
    John Cruz
    • Juan Cruz…
    Richard Lance
    • Father Gonzalez
    Tad Murray
    • Director
      • Coleman Francis
    • Writer
      • Coleman Francis
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    1Fishbait

    What's going on?

    Everyone has already commented about this film, but I'm here for one reason: A plea. Please, someone tell me what exactly was going on? There's obviously some sort of embryo of a plot that isn't mentioned to the audience. Just trying to sort things out makes my head hurt. Only watch this movie in the MST3K version, and even then be careful not to pay too much attention to the movie, just the wise-cracks. Oh yes, and take breaks and get some sugar in you. Treat the movie like a series of unrelated, boring scenes. You've been warned.
    1EdWood-8

    Unreal

    It staggers me that people would put money - however little - into something this awful. Who in their right mind could ever think this garbage even approaches the quality of a B movie? One viewing and you'll see what I'm talking about. There is basically no plot. Three men sort of wander around a little, take a plane to Cuba for whatever reason (maybe money, though that point is not made clear), train for one day, lie around on some cots, and take part in an 8-man invasion of the island where a Castro "look-a-like" in a ridiculous fake beard awaits. The rest of the plot is so absurd I won't bore you with it. Suffice to say it is a colossal mountain of pointless celluloid. But it's fun to watch with the bots. In my opinion this and MANOS are tied for worst film ever.
    Mr. Devo

    Oh, the humanity!

    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.
    Mr. Fark

    Coleman Godard

    Come on, folks! Coleman deserves a break. If the film's credits said DIRECTED BY JEAN LUC GODARD critics would praise it as revolutionary "new wave" cinema.

    Coleman challenges our conventional notions of narrative & structure. Coleman challenges our suspension of disbelief by DELIBERATELY making things fake & unconvincing, by distorting time, place & sequence in true "cinema verite" fashion. Remember, there are people out there who think Marcus Welby & Obi Wan Kenobi are REAL - so, rather than exploit the viewer, Coleman DEMANDS that we face our concepts of "reality."

    Try an experiment: take just about ANY Godard film (but especially NUMERO DEUX) and pretend it's a COLEMAN FRANCIS film; you'll see what I mean. ANYONE can make a horrid self indulgent incompetent "movie" & be successful if the film has a European (preferably French) director's name on the credits... [note that Numero Deux is French for "#2" - translation: caca] ...Ok... RED ZONE CUBA really did hurt; it was abysmal; it was obvious that many script pages blew away while shooting & Coleman never noticed. It deserves a special place of honor with MONSTER A GO-GO, PLAN 9, ROBOT MONSTER and MANOS as one of the all time worst.

    Coleman hurt me; I think I'm suffering the movie watcher's equivalent of the Stockholm syndrome... pardon me while I check out BEAST OF YUCCA FLATS again; I am sure to find relief therein. I will imagine BEAST OF YUCCA FLATS is a Jean Luc Godard film...
    1moviemeister1

    Script,we don't need no stinking script

    As far as I'm concerned this flick resets the bar for terrible movies.I have never been subjected to so much pain in such a short span of time since my last root canal.in fact, I think I would rather Laurence Olivier give me a root canal than to ever have to watch this piece of celluloid schitzen again.It had no discernible plot,the filming was horrible,and the acting nonexistent.The editing looked like it been done by Leatherface.The director(who was also the leading man)spent way too much time trying to play the tired antihero to really do any directing.If there was any kind of storyline,then it was beyond my grasp.It seemed to me like some sort of psychotic flight-of-ideas tale.The characters just amble on from one disastrous screw-up to another(which could have made a good story if you could have followed it).In the final analysis,it was just a painfully unwatchable waste of time.But,if you like,cinema terrible', then this is the one for you.rp

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    • Trivia
      John Carradine sings the title track.
    • Goofs
      One of the American soldiers shot dead by the Cuban firing squad reappears minutes later as a Cuban guard.
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      Narrator: Griffin ran all the way to hell... with a penny, and a broken cigarette.

    • Alternate versions
      Many 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.
    • Connections
      Featured in Mystery Science Theater 3000: Red Zone Cuba (1994)
    • Soundtracks
      Night Train to Mundo Finé
      Written by Ray Gregory

      Music played by Ray Gregory and the Melmen

      Sung by John Carradine

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    • Release date
      • November 1966 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Night Train to Mundo Fine
    • Filming locations
      • Quartz Hill Airfield, Palmdale, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Hollywood Star Pictures
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    • Budget
      • $30,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 29m(89 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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