Film

We Were Strangers

1949 · 1h 46m · Drama · Thriller · Adventure

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

IMDb

6.6

Rotten Tomatoes

73%

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.

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

• John HustonDirector · Screenplay
• Peter ViertelScreenplay
• Robert SylvesterNovel
• Sam SpiegelProducer
• Russell MettyDirector of Photography
• George AntheilOriginal Music Composer
• Al ClarkEditor

Release date

April 27, 1949

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 46m

Rated

NR

Genres

Drama, Thriller, Adventure, Romance

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