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Monday, November 9, 2009

Cuba to be focus of Turner Classic Movies Monday night, November 9th

Cuba to be focus of Turner Classic Movies
Monday night, November 9th.


"Before the revolution it was an exotic travel
destination
and our 5-film lineup takes you to
another place and time..."

Mystery, melodrama, myths and suspense...

8 p.m.
Topaz (1969)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, 142 minutes
A French agent is sent to Cuba to spy for the
CIA.




10:30 p.m. Our Man in Havana (1960)
Directed by Carol Reed, 107 minutes
A salesman in Cuba takes up spying to support
his spendthrift daughter.




12:30 a.m. Cuba (1979)
Directed by Richard Lester, 122 minutes
A British mercenary meets an old love while
training anti-Castro forces in Cuba.




2:45 a.m. Pier 5, Havana (1959)
Directed by Edward L. Cahn, 68 minutes
An American in Cuba tries to thwart a bombing
plot aimed at Castro.

4:00 a.m. We Were Strangers (1949)
Directed by John Huston, 106 minutes
A Cuban American returns to his homeland
during the Revolution and becomes involved
in an assassination attempt.