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The Big Cigar

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The Big Cigar
Premiere May 17, 2024
Finale June 14, 2024
Airs streaming
Creator Jim Hecht
Network/Provider Apple TV+
Style 60-minute drama
Company Epic True Stories,
Jim Hecht Productions,
Folding Chair Productions,
Warner Bros. Television
Episodes 6
Origin USA
Watch Now Apple TV+

Based on the magazine article by Joshuah Bearman, who will also serve as executive producer, The Big Cigar is the incredible true story of Hollywood revolution meeting social revolution: it's a wild caper of Black Panther founder Huey P. Newton escaping from the FBI to Cuba with the assistance of famed producer Bert Schneider in an impossibly elaborate plan - involving a fake movie production - that goes wrong every way it possibly can. And somehow, it's all true. Mostly.

Contents

Cast

Actor Character
Main Cast
André Holland Huey P. Newton
Tiffany Boone Gwen Fontaine
Alessandro Nivola Bert Schneider
Marc Menchaca Agent Sydney Clark
P.J. Byrne Steve Blauner
Supporting/Recurring Cast
Jordane Christie Bobby Seale
Moses Ingram Teressa Dixon
Olli Haaskivi Artie Ross
Glynn Turman Walter Newton
Jaime Ray Newman Roz Torrance
Noah Emmerich Stanley Schneider
John Doman Abe Schneider
Chris Brochu Dennis Hopper
Brenton Allen Eldridge Cleaver

Episodes

# Title Released
1 Panther/Producer May 17, 2024
2 The Cuban May 17, 2024
3 Guns & Matzah May 24, 2024
4 What Are Friends For? May 31, 2024
5 Lost Paradise June 7, 2024
6 The Pirate June 14, 2024

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DVD Releases

There are no DVD releases for this show.

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