We Were Strangers (1949)
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.
- Date of release
- 1949-04-27
- TMDB
- 6.3 / 10 (22)
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller, Adventure, Romance
- Director
- John Huston
Casting
- 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
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