Vera Cruz
Directed by Robert Aldrich. 94mins. (1954)
Gary Cooper - Benjamin Trane
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.Ben and Erin find that the stagecoach is transporting three million U.S. dollars in gold hidden below the seat, and they scheme to steal it. Along their journey, betrayals and incidents happen changing their initial intentions.
Also starring Burt Lancaster, Denise Darcel, Cesar Romero, Sara Montiel, George Macready, and Charles Bronson.
Thought to be a big influence on the spaghetti westerns of the 1960’s, this big budget western, one of the biggest hits of 1954, was filmed on location in Mexico is set during the Mexican Rebellion of 1866.
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