Vera Cruz

1954 94 min ★ 6.7 Western

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.

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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

Details

Director

Robert Aldrich

Screenplay

James R. Webb

Tagline

"The Giants Battle In The Biggest Spectacle Of Them All!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Hecht-Lancaster Productions

Reviews

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John Chard

January 5, 2017

★ 9/10

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 Coo...

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Wuchak

April 10, 2021

★ 8/10

_**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 ...

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CinemaSerf

December 7, 2024

★ 7/10

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 Ma...