US Release date: 27 April 1949
First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 8 July 1950
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Running time: 106 minutes
Director: John Huston
Cast: John Garfield, Jennifer Jones & Gilbert Roland
Australian Distributor: Columbia
Melbourne Premiere Venue: Union’s Majestic theatre for four weeks from 21 April 1950 supported by Air Hostess.
Suburban Release Type: Union 4-W-1
Rankings
| Rank | ||
| EF Points | 254 | 83 |
| EF PPE | 7.06 | 43 |
| Metres Travelled | 366,078 | 259 |
| Average MT | 10,169 | 181 |
| Engagements | 36 | 255 |
| Slots | 52 | 173 |
| Weeks | 16 | 87 |
| Weeks as % of engagements | 44.44% | 106 |
| Saturdays | 18 | 135 |
| Sats as % of engagements | 50.00% | 95 |
| Tuesdays | 2 | 317 |
| Tues as % of engagements | 5.56% | 334 |
| First billed | 35 | 115 |
| Second billed | 1 | 259 |
| Feature only | 0 | 34* |
Independent ratios
| Engagements weeks 1-10 | 35 |
| Ratio | 97.22% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 10.55% |
| Eng weeks 11-26 | 0 |
| Ratio | 0.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -7.62% |
| Eng weeks 27-52 | 1 |
| Ratio | 2.78% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -2.93% |
| Hoyts eng | 0 |
| Ratio | 0.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -0.84% |
| Independent eng | 30 |
| Ratio | 83.33% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 6.22% |
| Suburban eng | 6 |
| Ratio | 16.67% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -5.38% |
Notes: This political drama was something of a hot potato and Union theatres juggled it as such, opening it cautiously in suburbs (4-6-8 bookings) and granting it more Saturdays than weeks. As such its 254 EF points were moderate by Union’s standards for a top-liner and its rankings were mostly mid-tier. Suburban chain theatres generally shied away from booking the film that usually had The Lost Tribe as support.
We Were Strangers engagements
| SUBURB | VENUE | CHAIN | DATE | W | D | B | CO-FEATURE |
| North Carlton | Adelphi | Independent | 8/7/50 | 1 | S | 1 | The Lost Tribe |
| Burnley | Burnley | Independent | 8/7/50 | 1 | W | 1 | The Lost Tribe |
| Richmond | National | Independent | 8/7/50 | 1 | W | 1 | The Lost Tribe |
| St.Kilda | Astor | Independent | 8/7/50 | 1 | W | 1 | The Lost Tribe |
| Elsternwick | Esquire | Independent | 15/7/50 | 2 | S | 1 | Tars and Spars |
| West Brunswick | Western | Independent | 15/7/50 | 2 | S | 1 | The Lost Tribe |
| Brunswick | Empire | Independent | 15/7/50 | 2 | W | 1 | The Lost Tribe |
| Caulfield | Camden | Independent | 15/7/50 | 2 | W | 1 | The Lost Tribe |
| Moonee Ponds | Moonee | Independent | 15/7/50 | 2 | W | 1 | The Lost Tribe |
| Westgarth | Westgarth | Independent | 15/7/50 | 2 | W | 1 | The Lost Tribe |
| East Malvern | Waverley | Independent | 22/7/50 | 3 | S | 1 | Blondie’s Secret |
| Essendon | Regal | Independent | 22/7/50 | 3 | S | 1 | The Lost Tribe |
| Balwyn | Balwyn | Suburban | 22/7/50 | 3 | S | 1 | The Lost Tribe |
| East Brunswick | Liberty | Independent | 22/7/50 | 3 | W | 1 | The Lost Tribe |
| Glenferrie | Glen | Independent | 22/7/50 | 3 | W | 1 | Law of the Barbary Coast |
| Hawthorn | Vogue | Independent | 22/7/50 | 3 | W | 1 | Law of the Barbary Coast |
| Preston East | Gowerville | Independent | 22/7/50 | 3 | W | 1 | Blondie’s Secret |
| Ormond | Plaza | Suburban | 22/7/50 | 3 | W | 1 | Port Said |
| Ashburton | Civic | Independent | 29/7/50 | 4 | S | 1 | The Desperadoes |
| North Brighton | Gardenvale | Independent | 29/7/50 | 4 | S | 2 | One Way to Love |
| Preston West | Rivoli | Independent | 29/7/50 | 4 | S | 1 | The Lost Tribe |
| Sandringham | Roxy | Independent | 29/7/50 | 4 | S | 1 | The Lost Tribe |
| Footscray | Grand | Independent | 29/7/50 | 4 | W | 1 | Blondie’s Big Deal |
| Newport | Plaza | Independent | 5/8/50 | 5 | S | 1 | The Lost Tribe |
| Williamstown | Empress | Independent | 5/8/50 | 5 | S | 1 | The Lost Tribe |
| Coburg | Plaza | Independent | 5/8/50 | 5 | W | 1 | The Lost Tribe |
| Heidelberg | Orient | Independent | 5/8/50 | 5 | W | 1 | The Lost Tribe |
| Yarraville | Sun | Independent | 5/8/50 | 5 | W | 1 | Blondie’s Big Deal |
| Oakleigh | Plaza | Independent | 12/8/50 | 6 | S | 1 | The Lost Tribe |
| Port Melbourne | Port | Independent | 12/8/50 | 6 | S | 1 | The Lost Tribe |
| Box Hill | Rialto | Suburban | 19/8/50 | 7 | S | 1 | The Lost Tribe |
| Coburg West | Progress | Independent | 19/8/50 | 7 | T | 1 | Make Believe Ballroom |
| Preston | Planet | Suburban | 26/8/50 | 8 | S | 1 | Rusty Leads the Way |
| Preston | St. James | Suburban | 2/9/50 | 9 | S | 1 | Rusty Leads the Way |
| North Melbourne | Central | Independent | 9/9/50 | 10 | S | 1 | Frontier Gunlaw |
| South Melbourne | Empire | Suburban | 3/3/51 | 35 | T | 1 | Barbary Pirate |
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