''Chubasco'' is a 1968 American
drama film
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written and directed by
Allen H. Miner. The film stars
Richard Egan,
Christopher Jones,
Susan Strasberg
Susan Elizabeth Strasberg (May 22, 1938 – January 21, 1999) was an American stage, film, and television actress. Thought to be the next Audrey Hepburn, Hepburn-type Ingénue, ingenue, she was nominated for a Tony Award at age 18, playing the ti ...
,
Ann Sothern
Ann Sothern (born Harriette Arlene Lake; January 22, 1909 – March 15, 2001) was an American actress who worked on stage, radio, film, and television, in a career that spanned nearly six decades. Sothern began her career in the late 1920s ...
,
Simon Oakland
Simon Oakland (August 28, 1915 – August 29, 1983) was an American actor of stage, screen, and television.
During his career, Oakland performed primarily on television, appearing in over 130 series and made-for-television movies between ...
and
Audrey Totter
Audrey Mary Totter (December 20, 1917 – December 12, 2013) was an American radio, film, and television actress and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player in the 1940s.
Early life
Audrey – some sources indicate "Audra" – Totter w ...
. The film was released by
Warner Bros.-Seven Arts on June 5, 1968.
Plot
Coming of age story about Chubasco who chooses a difficult path of hard labor at sea aboard a fishing boat.
Cast
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Richard Egan as Sebastian
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Christopher Jones as Chubasco
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Susan Strasberg
Susan Elizabeth Strasberg (May 22, 1938 – January 21, 1999) was an American stage, film, and television actress. Thought to be the next Audrey Hepburn, Hepburn-type Ingénue, ingenue, she was nominated for a Tony Award at age 18, playing the ti ...
as Bunny
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Ann Sothern
Ann Sothern (born Harriette Arlene Lake; January 22, 1909 – March 15, 2001) was an American actress who worked on stage, radio, film, and television, in a career that spanned nearly six decades. Sothern began her career in the late 1920s ...
as Angela
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Simon Oakland
Simon Oakland (August 28, 1915 – August 29, 1983) was an American actor of stage, screen, and television.
During his career, Oakland performed primarily on television, appearing in over 130 series and made-for-television movies between ...
as Laurindo
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Audrey Totter
Audrey Mary Totter (December 20, 1917 – December 12, 2013) was an American radio, film, and television actress and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player in the 1940s.
Early life
Audrey – some sources indicate "Audra" – Totter w ...
as Theresa
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Preston Foster
Preston Stratton Foster (August 24, 1900 – July 14, 1970), was an American actor of stage, film, radio, and television, whose career spanned nearly four decades. He also had a career as a vocalist.
Early life
Born in Ocean City, New Jerse ...
as Nick
*
Peter Whitney
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as Matt
*
Edward Binns
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as Judge North
*
Joe De Santis
Joseph Vito Marcello De Santis (June 15, 1909 – August 30, 1989), known as Joe De Santis, was an American radio, television, movie and theatrical actor.
Biography
Joseph Vito Marcello De Santis was born to Italian immigrant parents in New ...
as Benito
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Norman Alden
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as Frenchy
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Stewart Moss
Stewart Moss (November 27, 1937 – September 13, 2017) was an American actor, writer, and director.
Early years
Moss was born in Chicago, Illinois, of Irish descent on his father's side and his mother was a daughter of immigrants from Italy. H ...
as Les
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Ron Rich as Juno
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Milton Frome
Milton Frome (February 24, 1909 – March 21, 1989) was an American character actor.
Career
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Frome landed his first acting job in the short subject ''Daredevil O'Dare'' in 1934. He did not act again until 1939 ...
as Police Sergeant
*Ernest Sarracino as Juan
*Suzanne Benoit as Edna Belle
*Lili Valenty as Maria
Production
Filming
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Cinematographers use a lens to focus reflected light from objects into a real image that is transferred to some image sensor or light-s ...
took place in
San Diego, California
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.
[(1983-12-01). ''Spotlight on filming in SD County''. '']Daily Times-Advocate
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History
''The Daily Times-Advocate'' ...
'', 52, 56-57.
References
External links
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1968 films
1960s coming-of-age drama films
American coming-of-age drama films
Films about fishing
Films scored by William Lava
Films set in California
Seafaring films
Warner Bros. films
1968 drama films
1960s English-language films
1960s American films
Films shot in San Diego
Films set in San Diego
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