In 1898, during the Cuban War of Independence from Spain, a former U.S. Cavalry Captain, dishonorably discharged from the army, is a gun-runner. He, and other soldiers of fortune, renegades and outcasts, tempted by high profits, are defying the Spanish blockade of Cuba and are smuggling guns to the Cuban revolutionaries from Tampa, Florida. The ex-Cavalry Captain, Caleb Cash Adams, and his former Sergeant, Trasker, attempt to deliver a large weapon-shipment to representatives of the Cuban rebels but are told the weapons should be delivered straight to Cuba. Having no other customers for his weapons, Adams agrees but doubles his price. Fighting off a gang of hijackers they arrive in Tampa, where they are told to load the shipment onto an old river-boat, captained by an ex-Confederate Navy man, Capt. Sidewheel Jones. Adams and his men also notice that another gun smuggler and competitor, Clay Pike, is also loading a shipment of weapons on the river-boat. Adams and Pike are old enemies, going back to the days of the Indian Wars when Adams was in the Cavalry and Pike was selling guns to the Indians. During the sea voyage from Florida to Cuba, via Haiti, these two men often fight one another. To make matters worse, a passenger on the boat, Cuban revolutionary belle, Doña Isabella, who has been raising funds in Florida for the Cuban cause, is proving to be a bone of contention for the two American smugglers who are both attracted to her. The perilous voyage through a Spanish military blockade in the waters surrounding the Cuban island ends in Santiago where the weapons have to be unloaded on the shore and the payment has to be effected. However, things don't go as planned. The Spanish colonial troops are everywhere and the Cuban rebel General Maceo, who is supposed to pay the cash for the weapon-shipments, has retreated to the mountains. Pike wants to sell his weapons to the Spaniards while Adams wants to deliver them to Maceo. Things come to a head with a final showdown between the two rivals and their respective crews.
93 min | Adventure, Jungle Adventure, Romance | 1956 | Color
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Shane moves South
Santiago, This is an above-average outing for Alan Ladd, who had a very uneven career, but the real value is in the superb cast of supporting character actors, including Lloyd Nolan, Paul Fix, Chill Wills and Royal Dano, among others.Santiago is set in Cuba just before the Spanish-American War. Ladd and Nolan are competing gunrunners trying to sell weapons to the Cuban revolutionaries. Neither are saints, but whereas Nolan is the obviously villainous type, Ladd is the Good Man with a Stain in his background, just waiting to be rescued from the wrong path. His guide is the beautiful rebel Rossana Podesta, who is fiery, noble and breathes deeply on cue. Wills, Fix and the rest of the very competent supporting cast play their roles well. There is one surprise in the ending but otherwise it’s predictable.Santiago It’s a competent studio production for the period, with enough detail to make it credible. It’s not a great movie, but it is good entertainment, with a beautiful girl, a Cause and a Moral…what more could you ask for in 1956! Santiago was one of those routine action adventure programmers that Alan Ladd’s agent Sue Carol insisted on casting him instead of letting him gradually transition to character roles. But when you’re married to the agent and as agreeable a fellow as Ladd apparently was during his life you can’t turn your agent down so easily.This is one of the few American made films that deals with the Cuban rebellion as opposed to the Spanish-American War, not that there are that many that deal with it. The setting is Cuba in 1895 and the island which did not choose to participate in the general revolt against colonial Spain is finally getting tired of being a colony.Santiago The plot concerns two American gun runners, Alan Ladd and Lloyd Nolan who hate each other both looking to sell guns to the Cuban rebels for cash on the barrel-head. To collect they have to go to Cuba with the delivery.
