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We Were Strangers
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6.3China 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.
Released: 1949-04-27106 minDir: John HustonDrama, Thriller, Adventure, Romance
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Cast
- Jennifer Jones as China Valdés
- John Garfield as Tony Fenner
- Pedro Armendáriz as Armando Ariete
- Gilbert Roland as Guillermo Montilla
- Ramon Novarro as Chief
- Wally Cassell as Miguel
Themes
- cemetery
- police corruption
- political assassination
- revolutionary
- cuban american
- havana, cuba
- 1930s
- war with fascism
- brother murder
- secret tunnel
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Ratings
IMDb
6.6/10
1,291 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
73%
- Year
- 1949
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama, Film-Noir
- Rated
- Approved
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- John Huston
- Screenwriter
- Peter Viertel
- Cast member
- Leonard Strong
- Composer
- George Antheil
- Producer
- Sam Spiegel
- Production company
- Columbia Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Russell Metty
- Narrative location
- Cuba
- Duration
- 106
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1949-00-00
- title
- We Were Strangers
- production designer
- Cary Odell
- color
- black-and-white
- costume designer
- Jean Louis
- distributed by
- Netflix
- film editor
- Al Clark
- review score
- 73%
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