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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.

Release Date : 1949-04-27

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Columbia PicturesHorizon Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : China Valdés

Original Name : Jennifer Jones

Gender : Female

Character Name : Tony Fenner

Original Name : John Garfield

Gender : Male

Character Name : Armando Ariete

Original Name : Pedro Armendáriz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Guillermo Montilla

Original Name : Gilbert Roland

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chief

Original Name : Ramon Novarro

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miguel

Original Name : Wally Cassell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ramón Sánchez

Original Name : David Bond

Gender : Male

Character Name : Toto

Original Name : José Pérez

Gender : Male

Character Name : M. Seymour

Original Name : Morris Ankrum

Gender : Male

Character Name : Consuelo Valdés (uncredited)

Original Name : Lelia Goldoni

Gender : Female

Character Name : Señor Muñoz (uncredited)

Original Name : John Huston

Gender : Male

Reviews

talisencrw

@talisencrw

2021-06-23

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.