from Cuba as Fidel comes to power while Alexandra remains behind, alone, to face an unknown future under the new communist government. Cast Sean Connery as Major Robert Dapes Brooke Adams as Alexandra Lopez de Pulido Jack Weston as Larry Gutman Hector Elizondo as Captain Raphael Ramirez Denholm Elliott as Donald Skinner Martin Balsam as Gen. Bello Chris Sarandon as Juan Pulido Danny De La Paz as Julio Mederos Lonette McKee as Therese Mederos Alejandro Rey as Faustino Louisa Moritz as Miss Wonderly Dave King as Miss Wonderly's Press Agent Walter Gotell as Don Jose Pulido David Rappaport as Jesus Wolfe Morris as General Fulgencio Batista Michael Lees as Roger Maxwell-Lafroy Tony Mathews as Carrillo Roger Lloyd-Pack as Nunez Leticia Garrido as Celia Maria Charles as Senora Pulido Pauline Peart as Dolores Anna Nicholas as Maria Earl Cameron as Colonel Leyva John Morton as Gary Anthony Pullen Shaw as Spencer Stefan Kalipha as Ramon, Cigar Factory Foreman Raul Newney as Painter Ram John Holder as Fat Sergeant James Turner as Pulido's Chauffeur Willis Bouchey as Cavalry Officer on TV (archive footage) (uncredited) Ana Obregón as Woman (uncredited) Production Cuba was shot in Spain in December 1978. The same historical events were featured five years earlier in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Part II and would be covered again by Sydney Pollack in his 1990 film Havana, starring Robert Redford. Lester's film was perhaps the most stylish of the three, aided by its stirring Spanish locations, "with a marvelous sense of atmosphere". Diana Ross was offered the female lead but turned it down. Brooke Adams, who had just received acclaim for Days of Heaven, was cast instead. The aircraft in Cuba are: Douglas DC-6B c/n 45077/728, EC-DCK Dornier Do 27 c/n 2094, EC-BSX North American TB-25N Mitchell s/n 44-29121, N86427 Douglas C-54A Skymaster c/n 10408, s/n 42-72303, G-APID Lockheed C-130H Hercules Reception Cuba received mostly negative reviews from major critics, with the exception of the December 18, 1979 review in The Hollywood Reporter that praised the film’s “sense of authenticity of place” and its skillful inter-cutting of newsreel footage. While some critics mentioned the film’s pro-Castro stance, the reviewer explained that “the picture, while taking no position on Cuba today, makes appallingly clear the conditions that made Castro’s revolution inevitable.” Another positive review came from film historian, Leonard Maltin who noted: "Director Lester is in pretty good form with most scenes