We Were Strangers
An explosive story of violent lives...lived dangerously!
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- Adventure
- Drama
- Thriller
- Romance
Overview
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.
Keywords
- 1930s
- cuba
- police corruption
- secret tunnel
- cemetery
- political assassination
- havana
- revolutionary
- brother murder
- war with fascism
- digging
- cuban american
- romantic subplot
- havana, cuba
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 27, 1949
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Columbia Pictures,Horizon Pictures
- Cast
- José Pérez,Pedro Armendáriz,Ted Hecht,Jennifer Jones,Wally Cassell,Loretta Russell,Mimi Aguglia,John Garfield,Roberta Haynes,Morris Ankrumand 5 more
- Director
- John Huston
- Producer
- Sam Spiegel
- Cinematography
- Russell Metty
- Music
- George Antheil
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0042035