We Were Strangers
An explosive story of violent lives...lived dangerously!
6.3(21) 1949-04-27 106 minDramaThrillerAdventureRomance
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.
ScreenplayPeter Viertel
Original Music ComposerGeorge Antheil
DirectorJohn Huston
ScreenplayJohn Huston
ProducerSam Spiegel
Cast & characters
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
David Bond
as Ramón Sánchez
José Pérez
as Toto
Morris Ankrum
as M. Seymour
Lelia Goldoni
as Consuelo Valdés
John Huston
as Señor Muñoz
Roberta Haynes
as Lolita Valdes
Mimi Aguglia
as Mama
Ted Hecht
as Enrico
Loretta Russell
as Louisa Contreras
