We Were Strangers

Apr 27, 1949

1h 46m

★ 6.1

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

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.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Adventure

Romance

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Horizon Pictures

We Were Strangers Trailers

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Cast

China Valdés

Jennifer Jones

Tony Fenner

John Garfield

Armando Ariete

Pedro Armendáriz

Guillermo Montilla

Gilbert Roland

Chief

Ramon Novarro

Miguel

Wally Cassell

Ramón Sánchez

David Bond

Toto

José Pérez

M. Seymour

Morris Ankrum

Consuelo Valdés (uncredited)

Lelia Goldoni

Señor Muñoz (uncredited)

John Huston

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