We Were Strangers

Name: We Were Strangers
Genre: Mystery & thriller
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Rating: 73

1949, Mystery & thriller, 1h 46m

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Movie Info

When her brother is murdered, China Valdez (Jennifer Jones) swears revenge on the corrupt Cuban government he had been protesting. She joins the resistance led by Tony (John Garfield), an American with a plan that promises devastating results to their enemies. First they'll kill a government official, then plant a bomb at the funeral, which will wipe out the dead man's associates when it explodes. All they need to do is to dig an underground tunnel from China's house to the cemetery next door.

Genre:

Mystery & thriller
Original Language:

English
Director:

John Huston
Producer:

Sam Spiegel
Writer:

John Huston, Peter Viertel, Robert Sylvester
Release Date (Theaters):

Apr 27, 1949 wide
Release Date (Streaming):

Feb 22, 2005
Runtime:

1h 46m
Distributor:

Columbia Pictures

Cast & Crew

Jennifer Jones
China Valdez

John Garfield
Tony Fenner

Pedro Armendáriz
Armando Ariete

Gilbert Roland
Guillermo

Ramon Novarro
Chief

John Huston
Director

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Audience Reviews for We Were Strangers

Mar 05, 2011

Political drama of the initial Cuban upheaval pre-1933. Shown from the vantage point of the revolutionaries and their plot to overthrow the oppressive government in one fell swoop this is an unusual film for it's time period in that it doesn't shrink away from stating that the freedom workers might have to take innocent lives to acheive their goals. Huston's direction is assured and Garfield and Roland acquit themselves well but the picture is marred by two things. First is the overly obvious rear projection shots that occure throughtout the film and the larger problem that Jones is miscast in a part that would have fit Katy Jurado like a glove. She seems neither gritty enough, she is consistently glamourous even when digging beneath a cemetery!!, nor even remotely Cuban to be believable. Not a bad film just flawed.

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