Written by John Huston, Aeneas MacKenzie, Wolfgang Reinhardt, based on the Franz Werfel 1924 play Juarez and Maximilian, and the Bertita Harding 1934 novel The Phantom Crown
Produced by Hal B. Wallis
Production Management Jack L. Warner
Executive in charge of production Al Alleborn
Original Music by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Non-Original Music by Henry Carey (song "My Country Tis of Thee"), Iradier (song "La Paloma"), William Steffe (song "Battle Hymn of the Republic")
Cinematography by Tony Gaudio
Film Editing by Warren Low
Sound by Gerald W. Alexander, Elmer Haglund
Art Direction by Anton Grot
Costume Design by Orry-Kelly
Technical advisor Ernesto Romer
Cast:
Paul Muni as Don Benito Pablo Juarez, President of Mexico
Bette Davis as Empress Carlotta von Habsburg
Brian Aherne as Emperor Maximilian von Habsburg
Claude Rains as Emperor Louis Napoleon III
John Garfield as General Porfirio Diaz
Donald Crisp as General Marechal Achille Bazaine
Joseph Calleia as Alejandro Uradi, Vice President of Mexico
Gale Sondergaard as Empress Eugenie
Gilbert Roland as Colonel Miguel Lopez
Henry O'Neill as General Miguel Miramon, Minister of War
Harry Davenport as Dr. Samuel Basch
Hugh Sothern as John Bigelow, Minister From U.S. to Court of Napoleon III
Mickey Kuhn as Crown Prince Augustin Itrubide
John Miljan as General Mariano Escobedo
Walter Kingsford as Prince Richard Metternich
Sources:
Hamnett, Brian R. Juárez. London ; New York : Longman, 1994. 301 p. : maps ; 23 cm. Series Profiles in power (London, England). Note Includes bibliographical references and index. Subject Juárez, Benito, 1806-1872. Mexico -- History -- 19th century. CL Book Stacks 972.04092 J91zh
Vanderwood, Paul J., ed. Juárez. Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, 1983. 259 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Series: Wisconsin/Warner Bros. screenplay series, Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research. Note "Screenplay by John Huston, Aeneas MacKenzie, and Wolfgang Reinhardt"--P. [55]. Bibliography: p. 259. Subject: Juárez (Motion picture). Juárez, Benito, 1806-1872 -- Drama. Mexico -- History -- European intervention, 1861-1867 -- Drama. Author Vanderwood, Paul J. SSH Stacks PN1997 .J78 1983
Weeks, Charles A. The Juárez Myth in Mexico. University Ala. : University of Alabama Press, 1987. 204 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Note Bibliography: p. 167-196. Includes index. Subject Juárez, Benito, 1806-1872. Mexico -- History -- 1821-1861 -- Historiography. CL Book Stacks 972.070924 J91zw
