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We Were Strangers
An explosive story of violent lives...lived dangerously!
China Valdes joins the Cuban underground after her brother is killed by the chief of the secret police, Ariete. She meets and falls in love with American expatriate Tony Fenner. Tony develops a plan to tunnel under the city's cemetery to a plot owned by a high official, assassinate him, and blow up the whole Cuban hierarchy at the ensuing state funeral. Together with a band of dedicated revolutionaries, they begin digging.
- Original title
- We Were Strangers
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
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May 1, 2016 · via TMDB
It was unique to come across this early Huston work. It's weird that today, three generations later, when Scarlett Johansson gets in trouble for being cast as an Asian, that this was long the practice. I've seen star Jennifer Jones here as a Cuban, and later in 'love is a Many-Splendored Thing' as Eurasian. She and John Garfield (himself playing a Cuban-born American businessman and revolutionary supporter) had good chemistry, and the film was finely made. Worth purchasing and rewatching.
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Jennifer Jones
China Valdés
John Garfield
Tony Fenner
Pedro Armendáriz
Armando Ariete
Gilbert Roland
Guillermo Montilla
Ramon Novarro
Chief
Wally Cassell
Miguel
David Bond
Ramón Sánchez
José Pérez
Toto
Morris Ankrum
M. Seymour
Lelia Goldoni
Consuelo Valdés
John Huston
Señor Muñoz
Roberta Haynes
Lolita Valdes
Mimi Aguglia
Mama
Ted Hecht
Enrico
Loretta Russell
Louisa Contreras
Ben Hecht
Additional Writing
John Huston
Director
Sam Spiegel
Producer
George Antheil
Original Music Composer
John Huston
Screenplay
Peter Viertel
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