Everything about Vera Cruz Film totally explained
Vera Cruz is a
1954 film starring
Gary Cooper,
Burt Lancaster,
Denise Darcel, and
Cesar Romero. The
Technicolor Western was directed by
Robert Aldrich from a story by
Borden Chase.
Considered one of the most influential
Western movies ever filmed,
Vera Cruz takes place during the
Franco-Mexican War and involves Ben Trane (Cooper), an ex-Confederate soldier who travels to Mexico seeking a job as a mercenary. He falls in with the gang of Joe Erin (Lancaster), a psychopathic gunslinger with a large gang of American criminals (including
Ernest Borgnine,
Jack Elam,
Charles Bronson, and Archie Savage), and they're recruited by
Emperor Maximilian (played by
George Macready) to help escort Countess Duvarre (
Denise Darcel) to Vera Cruz. It is later revealed that the shipment also includes a large cache of gold intended for the French army, and Ben, Joe, Marie, and Juarista agent Nina (
Sara Montiel) conspire to steal it for their various causes. Also involved in the plot are
Cesar Romero as the duplicitious French Marquis,
Henry Brandon as his aide, and
Morris Ankrum as an heroic Juarista leader.
The film's amoral characters, Mexican setting, and cynical attitude towards violence (including a scene where Lancaster's character threatens to murder child hostages) was considered shocking at the time, and influenced future Westerns such as
The Magnificent Seven,
The Wild Bunch, and the films of
Sergio Leone.
Cast
Gary Cooper ... Ben Trane
Burt Lancaster ... Joe Erin
Denise Darcel ... Countess Marie Duvarre
Cesar Romero ... Marquis Henri de Labordere
Sara Montiel ... Nina (billed as Sarita Montiel)
George Macready ... Emperor Maximillian
Ernest Borgnine ... Donnegan
Morris Ankrum ... General Ramírez
Henry Brandon ... Capt. Danette
Charles Bronson ... Pittsburgh (as Charles Buchinsky)
Jack Lambert ... Charlie
Jack Elam ... Tex
James McCallion ... Little-Bit
James Seay ... Abilene
Archie Savage ... Ballard
Charles Horvath ... Reno
Juan García... Pedro
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