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27 April 1949 (USA)
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China Valdes joins the Cuban underground after her brother is killed by the chief of the secret police...
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(Complete credited cast)| Jennifer Jones | ... | China Valdés | |
| John Garfield | ... | Anthony L. '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 | ... | Mr. Seymour, Bank Manager |
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Rough Sketch (USA) (working title)
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106 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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One of the writers, Peter Viertel, wrote a chapter in his book Dangerous Friends about how he and John Huston wrote the screenplay for We Were Strangers, including two weeks in Cuba with Ernest Hemingway. According to Viertel, Hemingway suggested ending the film as it occurred in reality: with the death of the revolutionaries. Instead, an alternative ending was supplied by Ben Hecht.
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Referenced in Heavy Traffic (1973)
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Can anyone tell me where I can find a copy of this? I haven't seen it in thirty years, and if it is half as good as I remember, this is a must-see! What's up with Columbia holding back their classics? The Reckless Moment, made the same year (1949) by Columbia is also unavailable. These are major films directed by, respectively, John Huston and Max Ophuls, starring the likes of Jennifer Jones, John Garfield, Gilbert Roland, Joan Bennett, and James Mason. The Reckless Moment was recently remade decently as The Deep End, but it still doesn't compare. If anyone knows where I can get We Were Strangers, please post it here. Thanks, movie lovers!