Caboblanco

Caboblanco

Caboblanco. Where legends are born.

Directed by J. Lee Thompson

Produced by Arco Films, Cabo Blanco Production Inc.

198087 min5.3 / 10

A post-war adventure thriller set in a corrupt Peruvian port town, where a cafe owner navigates Nazi refugees, murder mysteries, and sunken treasure while protecting a woman in distress.

Giff Hoyt, a cafe owner in Cabo Blanco, Peru after World War II is caught between refuge-seeking Nazis and their enemies. After the murder of a sea explorer is passed off as accidental death by the corrupt local police, Giff becomes suspicious. The police chief also intimidates a new arrival Marie, and Giff intervenes to help her. Giff suspects Beckdorff, a Nazi refugee living in the area. Beckdorff, it emerges, is seeking to uncover sunken treasure.

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