Vera Cruz
The Giants Battle In The Biggest Spectacle Of Them All!
Overview
After the American Civil War, mercenaries travel to Mexico to fight in their revolution for money. The former soldier and gentleman Benjamin Trane meets the gunman and killer Joe Erin and his men, and together they are hired by the Emperor Maximillian and the Marquis Henri de Labordere to escort the Countess Marie Duvarre to the harbor of Vera Cruz.
- Production
- Hecht-Lancaster Productions
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Cast
Gary Cooper
Benjamin Trane
Burt Lancaster
Joe Erin
Denise Darcel
Countess Marie Duvarre
Cesar Romero
Marquis Henri de Labordere
Sara Montiel
Nina
Ernest Borgnine
Donnegan
Charles Bronson
Pittsburgh
George Macready
Emperor Maximilian
Jack Elam
Tex
James McCallion
Little-Bit
Morris Ankrum
Gen. Ramírez
James Seay
Abilene
Henry Brandon
Capt. Danette
Archie Savage
Ballard
Charles Horvath
Reno
Jack Lambert
Charlie
Juan García
Pedro
Fernando Wagner
Imperial Officer (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Robert Aldrich
- Producers
- James Hill
- Cinematography
- Ernest Laszlo
- Composer
- Hugo Friedhofer
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John Chard
January 5, 2017
I suppose when one deals with men of action, one just expect action. "As the American Civil War ended, another war was just beginning. The Mexican people were struggling to rid themselves of their foreign Emperor--Maximilian. Into this fight rode a handful of Americans--ex soldiers, adventurers, criminals--all bent on gain. They drifted South in small groups-- AND SOME CAME ALONE" Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster head the cast as two polar opposite American adventurers who get involved wit…
Wuchak
April 10, 2021
_**Dynamic Mexico-oriented Western with Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster**_ After the Civil War, two soldiers-of-fortune (Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster) meet in the heart of Mexico and end up taking a job for Maximilian I, Emperor of Mexico, to escort a lady aristocrat (Denise Darcel) from Mexico City to Vera Cruz on the coast. Although they have help from imperial troops, they are assaulted by Juarez’s rebels because there’s gold to be had. “Vera Cruz” (1954) is an overlooked powerhouse W…
CinemaSerf
December 7, 2024
In the aftermath of the US Civil War, two mercenaries find themselves working together in an uneasy alliance. "Trane" (Gary Cooper) is the more refined of the two, "Joe" (Burt Lancaster) little better than a thug, but both are good with a gun and that attracts them to the "Marquis" (Cesar Romero) who suggests to them that there's money to be made serving the Emperor Maximilian of Mexico (George Macready). To his palace they go and after some sharp shooting proves their worth, they agree to escor…