We were strangers

We Were Strangers is a 1949 American film directed by John Huston and starring Jennifer Jones, John Garfield, Pedro Armendáriz, Gilbert Roland and Ramón Novarro in the roles main.

The action, set in Cuba in 1933, is about a group of revolutionaries fighting against the dictatorship.

Plot

In the city of Havana, Cuba, in 1930, a Cuban-American (John Garfield) and a woman (Jennifer Jones), whose brother was murdered by the regime's secret police chief (Pedro Armendáriz), They fight against the dictatorship of Gerardo Machado. Their plan is to carry out a massacre of prominent officials during a funeral, for which they have to build an underground tunnel through Havana.

Comments

Years after the premiere of We were unknown, the situation in Cuba would become a focus of world attention due to the rise of the figure of Fidel Castro. Curiously, within the year of its release, this visionary film by John Huston was shunned by both leftists and rightists.

The handling of the action reaches an interesting climax at the end of the film, and the political content gives the thriller element a fresh dimension that is still current.

The film is inspired by the novel Rough Sketch, by Robert Sylvester.