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We Were Strangers (1949)
Directed by John Huston
“An explosive story of violent lives...lived dangerously!”
Drama, Thriller, Adventure, Romance · 1h 46m
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.
Cast
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
Crew
- Director
- John Huston
- Screenplay
- Peter Viertel, John Huston
- Novel
- Robert Sylvester
- Director of Photography
- Russell Metty
- Original Music Composer
- George Antheil
- Editor
- Al Clark
- Producer
- Sam Spiegel
Details
- Release date
- 1949-04-27
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller, Adventure, Romance
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Columbia Pictures, Horizon Pictures