Cuban Rebel Girls (1959) on Netflix
A correspondent arrives in Cuba for the Hearst Press to report on Castro's revolution. Two American girls, Beverly and Jacqueline, carry $50,000 collected at home to buy guns for the rebels.
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Plot summary
The Hearst Press sends a correspondent to Cuba to report on Fidel Castro's revolution, and he finds the island changed by the fighting. At his hotel, a woman who works for Castro takes him to a beach resort, where a young man offers to guide him past the lines to meet Castro. He flies his own plane to the rebels and files several articles, among them one about the Cuban Rebel Girls. Beverly, an American, and her friend Jacqueline have their own reason to travel: Jacqueline's brother Johnny, Beverly's boyfriend, fights for Castro. The two carry $50,000 collected in the United States by friends of the revolution to pay for guns, travel by way of Key West and fly on to Cuba to join the rebel army.
Cast
- Beverly Aadlandas Beverly Woods
- John McKayas Rebel Capt. Johnny Wilson(John Mac Kay)
- Jackie Jackleras Jacqueline Dominguez
- Marie Edmundas Maria Rodriguez
- Ben Ostrowskyas Raoul 'Ben' Dominguez
- Tod Scott Brodyas Todd(Todd Brody)
- Peter Belsitoas Boy Getting Autograph(uncredited)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Cuban Rebel Girls (1959)
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- Cuban Rebel Girls was the last time Errol Flynn appeared before a movie camera, and it also gave the public its first chance to see Beverly Aadland, in a lead role.
- After making the film, Beverly Aadland got into a brawl with Errol Flynn's second wife, Nora Eddington, at Aadland's birthday party in a night club; Eddington said she objected to Aadland calling Flynn "elderly".
- In his memoir, Errol Flynn called the film "an interesting side venture" and said he spent many days with Fidel Castro just before the Batistans quit.
