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Juarez (1939) Louis Napoleon III (Claude Rains) takes advantage of the American Civil War to circumvent the Monroe Doctrine

Juarez (1939)

Louis Napoleon III (Claude Rains) takes advantage of the American Civil War to circumvent the Monroe Doctrine and expand his power by helping Emperor Maximilian von Habsburg (Brian Aherne) to add Mexico to his empire.

Cast:
Benito Juárez: Paul Muni
Carlota: Bette Davis
Maximilian von Habsburg: Brian Aherne
Napoleon III: Claude Rains
Porfirio Diaz: John Garfield
General Marechal Achille Bazaine: Donald Crisp
Alejandro Uradi: Joseph Calleia
Empress Eugenie: Gale Sondergaard
Colonel Miguel Lopez: Gilbert Roland
General Miguel Miramon: Henry O'Neill
Dr. Samuel Basch: Harry Davenport
Le Marc: Louis Calhern
Prince Richard Metternich: Walter Kingsford
Lady in Waiting: Georgia Caine
Jose de Montares: Montagu Love
Mariano Escobedo: John Miljan
Camilo: Vladimir Sokoloff
Gen. Carbajal: Irving Pichel
Riva Palacio: Pedro de Cordoba
An Ambassador: Gilbert Emery
Lerdo de Tajada: Monte Blue
Pepe: Manuel Díaz
John Bigelow: Hugh Sothern
Agustín de Iturbide y Green: Mickey Kuhn
Tomas Mejia: William Wilkerson
Negroni: Martin Garralaga
Manuel -- Coachman: Frank Lackteen
Italian Minister: William Edmunds
Mr. Roberts: Charles Halton
Fould: Frank Mayo
Le Marc - a Creole: Francis McDonald
Carbajal: Charles Middleton
Mr. Harris: Grant Mitchell
Baron von Magnus: Egon Brecher
Señor de Leon: Gennaro Curci
Tailor: Carlos De Valdez
Agnes Salm: Claudia Dell
Woman: Claire Du Brey
Achille Fould: Walter Fenner
Marshal Randon: Holmes Herbert
Soldier with Letter to Maximilian: Stuart Holmes
Gen. Regules: Noble Johnson
Drouyn de Lhuys: Alexander Leftwich
Señor Salas: Fred Malatesta
Josefa Iturbide: Lillian Nicholson
Councilman in Meeting with Maximilian: Paul Porcasi
Antonio Rosales: Pedro Regas
Duc de Morny: Frank Reicher
Soldier Collecting Signatures: Dewey Robinson
Sen. de Valle: Walter O. Stahl
Maj. Du Pont: Robert Warwick
Mr. Hartman: Douglas Wood

Written by: John Huston, Æneas MacKenzie, Wolfgang Reinhardt

Director: William Dieterle

Production: Warner Bros. Pictures

Release date: 10 Jun 1939
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