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63% Critic Match
We Were Strangers
“An explosive story of violent lives...lived dangerously!”
6.3 / 10• 1949• 1h 46m•NR• English
DramaThrillerAdventureRomance
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Jennifer Jones
China Valdés
Lead
John Garfield
Tony Fenner
Pedro Armendáriz
Armando Ariete
Gilbert Roland
Guillermo Montilla
Ramon Novarro
Chief
Wally Cassell
Miguel
David Bond
Ramón Sánchez
José Pérez
Toto
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. John Huston's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. We Were Strangers is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
