- Juarez (1939 film)
Infobox Film
name = Juarez
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director =William Dieterle
producer =Hal B. Wallis
Henry Blanke
writer =John Huston Aeneas MacKenzie
Wolfgang Reinhardt
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starring =Brian Aherne Bette Davis John Garfield
music =Erich Wolfgang Korngold
cinematography =Tony Gaudio
editing = Warren Low
distributor =Warner Bros. Pictures
released =April 24 1939 (US premiere)
runtime = 125 min.
country = USA
language = English
Spanish
amg_id = 1:26648
imdb_id = 0031516"Juarez" is a 1939 film with
Paul Muni ,Brian Aherne ,Bette Davis , andJohn Garfield about the conflict between Maximilian I, a European political dupe who, according to the film, is installed as the puppet ruler ofMexico by the French, andBenito Juarez , the country's president.Though Paul Muni and Bette Davis are top-billed, it is Brian Aherne, as Maximilian, who has the most screen time in the film. Aherne was nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor .Cast
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Paul Muni asBenito Juárez
*Bette Davis as Carlota, Empress of Mexico
*Brian Aherne as Maximilian I, Emperor of Mexico
*John Garfield asPorfirio Diaz
*Claude Rains as Napoléon III
*Gale Sondergaard as Empress EugénieExternal links
*tcmdb title | id=245 | title=Juarez
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