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Revolutionary | Havana, Cuba
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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.
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 says in his autobiography that Jennifer Jones needed him to tell her where to walk, where to sit, how to behave in any situation.
Identified by critic Thom Andersen as an example of "film gris", a suggested sub-category of film noir incorporating a left-wing narrative.
This film flopped at the box office and was withdrawn from theaters shortly after it was released. It suffered from the many reviews pointing out its pro-Marxist politics.
"Guillermo Montilla: [Seeing that Tony is dead] Dear God. It's bad to die five minutes too soon."
"Bombmaker: [about his police interrogation] I have not lied so much since my wife went to live with her mother."
