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We Were Strangers (1949)

We Were Strangers (1949)

Drama Romance Adventure Thriller

An explosive story of violent lives...lived dangerously!

Release Date: 1949, April 27
Directors: John Huston
Countries: United States of America
Production: Columbia Pictures, Horizon Pictures
Cast: Jennifer Jones, David Bond, Pedro Armendáriz, José Pérez, Gilbert Roland, Lelia Goldoni, John Garfield, Ramon Novarro, Wally Cassell, Morris Ankrum

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.

Keywords:

1930s digging secret tunnel havana, cuba cemetery political assassination corrupt police officials revolutionary brother murder war with fascism cuban american romantic subplot