| Cast list | | Andy Garcia | as | Arturo Sandoval | | Mía Maestro | as | Marianela | | Gloria Estefan | as | Emilia | | David Paymer | as | Embassy interviewer | | Charles S. Dutton | as | Dizzy Gillespie | | Tomas Milian | as | Sosa | | Freddy Rodríguez | as | Leonel | | Andy Mendez | as | Young Leonel | | Felix David Manrique | as | Turi | | José Zúñiga | as | Paquito D'Rivera | | Fernanda Andrade | as | Paloma | | William Marquez | as | Arturo Sr. | | Steven Bauer | as | Angel | | Fionnula Flanagan | as | Sally | | Michael O'Hagan | as | Johnny Lewis |
| | Crew list: | | Joseph Sargent (Director) | | Timothy J. Sexton (Writer) |
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