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    Post dates are when I watched, parenthetical dates are the year of US release (aka Oscar eligibility).

7/20/2007

We Were Strangers (1949)

Jennifer Jones is her usual bland self -- this time with an accent.

The story concerns Revolutionaries in Cuba digging a tunnel with China's (Jones) house as the start point -- well, they dig when they're not giving stilted speeches anyway. John Garfield is the leader of the little group and China can't help but fall for the principled American... but as his only competition for her affections is the smarmy official who personally gunned down China's brother, he shouldn't feel too flattered by this.

All in all, a truly boring affair.

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