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We Were Strangers (1949)

Director(s) John Huston
Producer(s) Sam Spiegel, Jules Buck
Top Genres Action, Adventure, Drama, Film Adaptation, Romance
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We Were Strangers (1949) was a Adventure - Romance Film directed by John Huston and produced by Sam Spiegel and Jules Buck.

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We Were Strangers (1949)

By Judy on Aug 7, 2010 From Movie Classics

This is a contribution to the John Huston blogathon currently running at Adam Zanzie’s Icebox Movies site.  John Garfield and Jennifer Jones   John Huston’s 1949 film We Were Strangers, set in the revolutionary Cuba of 1933 and starring Jennifer Jones and John Garfield, has grown on ... Read full article

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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.
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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