We Were Strangers (1949)

6.3/10 • 106 min • Drama Thriller Adventure 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.

Cast

Jennifer Jones

China Valdés

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

Morris Ankrum

M. Seymour

Lelia Goldoni

Consuelo Valdés

John Huston

Señor Muñoz

Roberta Haynes

Lolita Valdes

Mimi Aguglia

Mama

Ted Hecht

Enrico

Loretta Russell

Louisa Contreras

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