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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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Unique Hollywood revolutionary film
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Cast
(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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John Huston wanted a then almost-unknown Marilyn Monroe for a part in this movie. He made it about Cuban rebels at the time Monroe had a contract with Columbia. But producer Sam Spiegel didn't want to spend money for a screen test of Monroe.
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Referenced in Heavy Traffic (1973)
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This film is an astounding anomaly to Hollywood film-making, in that it is openly supportive of armed revolutionary terrorism, even if it means the death of innocent people. And since it was made in 1949, by Columbia Pictures, just as the Hollywood Blacklist was beginning, it is even more unusual.
The quality of the film is first-rate—a taut, well-constructed thriller, with convincing characterizations by the actors and strong direction by John Huston. The fact that it is about Cuba, made 10 years before the victory of the Fidel Castro-led revolutionary forces, is more coincidence.
The revolutionaries are seen as intense fanatics, yes, but each with a justification for their zeal. They are seen as different from each other, occasionally at odds, but essentially united in their purpose. They openly discuss the rights and wrongs of revolutionary violence, and come to a consensus to go ahead.
Jennifer Jones is impressive, as are Gilbert Roland, Pedro Armendariz, and John Garfield. I can't think of another studio-made American feature like this one, worth seeing for both its quality and its unique place in American movies.