The Big Cigar: Story, Cast and Series Facts
The Big Cigar (2024): Drama, Crime. Series details, synopsis, cast and season dates from TVmaze.
Story and premise
The Big Cigar tells the extraordinary, hilarious, almost-too-good-to-be-true story of how Newton relied on his best friend, Bert Schneider, the Hollywood producer behind Easy Rider, to elude a nationwide manhunt and escape to Cuba while being pursued into exile by the FBI.
Series details
- Title: The Big Cigar
- Format: Scripted
- Language: English
- Genres: Drama, Crime
- Premiere date: 2024-05-17
- Final broadcast date listed: 2024-06-14
- Status in TVmaze: Ended
- Web channel listed by TVmaze: Apple TV
- Typical episode runtime: 40 minutes
- TVmaze community rating: 5.8/10
- TVMaze ID: 61502
- IMDb ID: tt19399602
- TVDB ID: 418756
Cast and credited roles
- André Holland — Huey P. Newton
- Alessandro Nivola — Bert Schneider
- Tiffany Boone — Gwen Fontaine
- P.J. Byrne — Steve Blauner
- Marc Menchaca — Agent Sydney Clark
Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue
- Season 1: premiered 2024-05-17; final listed air date 2024-06-14; episode order: 6.
Source and licence
Adapted from The Big Cigar on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.
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