Feature1949·106m·6.3

We Were Strangers

An explosive story of violent lives...lived dangerously!

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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.

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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

Mimi Aguglia

Mama

Ted Hecht

Enrico

Loretta Russell

Louisa Contreras

Details

Status
Released
Original language
English
Languages
English
Budget
Revenue
Age rating
Quality
4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production
Columbia PicturesHorizon Pictures

Crew

Director

John Huston

Writers

Peter Viertel, John Huston, Robert Sylvester

George Antheil

Original Music Composer

Russell Metty

Director of Photography

Al Clark

Editor

Gallery

Reviews

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5/1/2016

8.0

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.