Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- France, United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
The Mambo Kings tells the story of César and Nestor Castillo, brothers and aspiring musicians who flee from Cuba to America in search of the American Dream.
- mambo
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Antonio Banderas
Nestor Castillo
Armand Assante
Cesar Castillo
Cathy Moriarty
Lanna Lake
Maruschka Detmers
Delores Fuentes
- Pablo Calogero — Ramon - The Mambo Kings Band
- Scott Cohen — Bernardito - The Mambo Kings Band
- Desi Arnaz Jr. — Desi Arnaz Sr.
- Mario Grillo — Mario - The Mambo Kings Band
- Ralph Irizarry — Pito - The Mambo Kings Band
- Pete Macnamara — Johnny Bing - The Mambo Kings Band
- James Medina — Manny - The Mambo Kings Band (as Jimmy Medina)
- Marcos Quintanilla — Willie - The Mambo Kings Band
- Tito Puente — Himself
- Valerie McIntosh — Tracy Blair
- Cordelia González — Anna María
- Directed
- Arne Glimcher
- Written
- Cynthia Cidre
Production
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 · 139 ratings
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures, Regency Enterprises, Alcor Films, Arnon Milchan Productions, Le Studio Canal+
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
