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Vera Cruz

Name: Vera Cruz
Director: Robert Aldrich
Genre: Western
Released: 1954
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Gary Cooper, Burt Lancaster, Denise Darcel, Cesar Romero, Sara Montiel

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.

1954 · Directed by Robert Aldrich · 94 min · Western · 28 frames

Tagline

The Giants Battle In The Biggest Spectacle Of Them All!

Crew

Screenplay: Roland Kibbee, James R. Webb
Cinematography: Ernest Laszlo
Edited by: Alan Crosland, Jr.
Music: Hugo Friedhofer
Production design: Alfred Ybarra
Produced by: James Hill

Cast

Gary Cooper as Benjamin Trane
Burt Lancaster as Joe Erin
Denise Darcel as Countess Marie Duvarre
Cesar Romero as Marquis Henri de Labordere
Sara Montiel as Nina
Ernest Borgnine as Donnegan
Charles Bronson as Pittsburgh
George Macready as Emperor Maximilian
Jack Elam as Tex
James McCallion as Little-Bit

Production

Country: United States of America
Language: English, French, Spanish
Studios: Hecht-Lancaster Productions
Themes: revolution, mercenary, count

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