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Vera Cruz is a 1954
1954 in film

The year 1954 in film involved some significant events....
 American war film
War film

War film is a film genre concerned with warfare, usually about navy, air force or army battles, sometimes focusing instead on prisoner of war, covert operations, Military education and training or other related subjects....
 starring Gary Cooper
Gary Cooper

Frank James ?Gary? Cooper was an Cinema of the United States film actor and iconic star. He was renowned for his quiet, understated acting style and his stoic, individualistic, emotionally restrained, but at times intense screen persona, which was particularly well suited to the many Western movie he made....
, Burt Lancaster
Burt Lancaster

Burton Stephen "Burt" Lancaster was an United States film actor and star, noted for his athletic physique, distinct smile and, later, his willingness to play roles that went against his initial "tough guy" image....
, Denise Darcel
Denise Darcel

Denise Darcel, born Denise Billecard in Paris, is a France actress who made a few films in Cinema of the United States.Darcel was a cabaret singer in Paris after World War II before being spotted by Hollywood....
, and Cesar Romero
Cesar Romero

Cesar Julio Romero, Jr. was a Cuban American film and television actor, best known for his portrayal of Joker's appearances in other media#Batman in the 1960s television series Batman ....
. The Technicolor
Technicolor

Technicolor is the trademark for a series of Color film processes pioneered by Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation , now a division of Thomson SA....
 Western
Western (genre)

The Western is a fiction genre seen in film, television, radio, literature, painting and other visual arts. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the later half of the 19th century in what became the Western United States , but also in Western Canada, Mexico , Alaska and even Australia ....
 was directed by Robert Aldrich
Robert Aldrich

Robert Aldrich was an American film director, writer and Film producer, notable for such films as Kiss Me Deadly, The Big Knife, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? , The Flight of the Phoenix, Hush? Hush, Sweet Charlotte and The Dirty Dozen....
 from a story by Borden Chase
Borden Chase

Borden Chase was an United Statesn writer.Born Frank Fowler, he went through an assortment of jobs, including driving for gangster Frankie Yale and working as a sandhog on the construction of New York City's Holland Tunnel, before turning to writing, first short stories and novels, and later, screenplays....
. It is considered one of the most influential Western movies ever filmed. 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 Magnificent Seven

The Magnificent Seven is a 1960 in film American western film directed by John Sturges about a group of hired gunmen protecting a Mexican village from bandits....
, The Wild Bunch
The Wild Bunch

The Wild Bunch , directed by Sam Peckinpah, is a Western film about an aging outlaw gang at the Texas-Mexico border trying to exist in the modern world of 1913....
, and the films of Sergio Leone
Sergio Leone

Sergio Leone was an Italy film director, Film producer and screenwriter most famous for his spaghetti westerns....
.

ng the Franco-Mexican War, ex-Confederate
Confederate States of America

The Confederate States of America formed as the government set up from 1861 to 1865 by eleven Southern United States U.S. state of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S....
 soldier Ben Trane (Cooper) travels to Mexico seeking a job as a mercenary.






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Vera Cruz is a 1954
1954 in film

The year 1954 in film involved some significant events....
 American war film
War film

War film is a film genre concerned with warfare, usually about navy, air force or army battles, sometimes focusing instead on prisoner of war, covert operations, Military education and training or other related subjects....
 starring Gary Cooper
Gary Cooper

Frank James ?Gary? Cooper was an Cinema of the United States film actor and iconic star. He was renowned for his quiet, understated acting style and his stoic, individualistic, emotionally restrained, but at times intense screen persona, which was particularly well suited to the many Western movie he made....
, Burt Lancaster
Burt Lancaster

Burton Stephen "Burt" Lancaster was an United States film actor and star, noted for his athletic physique, distinct smile and, later, his willingness to play roles that went against his initial "tough guy" image....
, Denise Darcel
Denise Darcel

Denise Darcel, born Denise Billecard in Paris, is a France actress who made a few films in Cinema of the United States.Darcel was a cabaret singer in Paris after World War II before being spotted by Hollywood....
, and Cesar Romero
Cesar Romero

Cesar Julio Romero, Jr. was a Cuban American film and television actor, best known for his portrayal of Joker's appearances in other media#Batman in the 1960s television series Batman ....
. The Technicolor
Technicolor

Technicolor is the trademark for a series of Color film processes pioneered by Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation , now a division of Thomson SA....
 Western
Western (genre)

The Western is a fiction genre seen in film, television, radio, literature, painting and other visual arts. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the later half of the 19th century in what became the Western United States , but also in Western Canada, Mexico , Alaska and even Australia ....
 was directed by Robert Aldrich
Robert Aldrich

Robert Aldrich was an American film director, writer and Film producer, notable for such films as Kiss Me Deadly, The Big Knife, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? , The Flight of the Phoenix, Hush? Hush, Sweet Charlotte and The Dirty Dozen....
 from a story by Borden Chase
Borden Chase

Borden Chase was an United Statesn writer.Born Frank Fowler, he went through an assortment of jobs, including driving for gangster Frankie Yale and working as a sandhog on the construction of New York City's Holland Tunnel, before turning to writing, first short stories and novels, and later, screenplays....
. It is considered one of the most influential Western movies ever filmed. 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 Magnificent Seven

The Magnificent Seven is a 1960 in film American western film directed by John Sturges about a group of hired gunmen protecting a Mexican village from bandits....
, The Wild Bunch
The Wild Bunch

The Wild Bunch , directed by Sam Peckinpah, is a Western film about an aging outlaw gang at the Texas-Mexico border trying to exist in the modern world of 1913....
, and the films of Sergio Leone
Sergio Leone

Sergio Leone was an Italy film director, Film producer and screenwriter most famous for his spaghetti westerns....
.

Plot

During the Franco-Mexican War, ex-Confederate
Confederate States of America

The Confederate States of America formed as the government set up from 1861 to 1865 by eleven Southern United States U.S. state of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S....
 soldier Ben Trane (Cooper) travels to Mexico seeking a job as a mercenary. He falls in with Joe Erin (Lancaster), a lethal gunslinger who heads a gang of cutthroats (including Ernest Borgnine
Ernest Borgnine

Ermes Effron Borgnino , better known by his stage name Ernest Borgnine, is an United States Golden Globe, BAFTA and Academy Award-winning actor....
, Jack Elam
Jack Elam

Jack Elam was an United States film actor best known for his numerous roles as villains in Western films....
, Charles Bronson
Charles Bronson

Charles Bronson was an United Statesn actor best known for "tough guy" image, who starred in such classic films as Once Upon a Time in the West, The Magnificent Seven, The Dirty Dozen, The Great Escape , The Evil That Men Do and the popular Death Wish series....
, and Archie Savage). They are recruited by Emperor Maximilian
Maximilian I

Maximilian I may refer to:*Maximilian of Mexico, reigned April 1864 to May 1867*Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, reigned 1508 to 1519*Maximilian I, Duke of Bavaria, reigned 1597 to September 1651...
 (George Macready
George Macready

George Macready was an United States stage, film, and television actor who was noted for playing polished villains.He was born in Providence, Rhode Island and claimed to be a descendant of the 19th-century Shakespearean actor William Charles Macready....
) to help escort Countess Duvarre (Denise Darcel
Denise Darcel

Denise Darcel, born Denise Billecard in Paris, is a France actress who made a few films in Cinema of the United States.Darcel was a cabaret singer in Paris after World War II before being spotted by Hollywood....
) to Vera Cruz.

Trane and Erin discover that the countess and Marquis Henri de Labordere (Cesare Romero) are secretly transporting a large cache of gold intended for the French army. All concerned, including Juarista secret agent Nina (Sara Montiel
Sara Montiel

Sara Montiel is a Spain singer, and actor. She is still a much-loved and internationally known name in the Spanish language-speaking movie and music industries....
), conspire to steal it for their own purposes. Also involved in the mix is Morris Ankrum
Morris Ankrum

Morris Ankrum was an United States radio, television and film character actor....
 as a heroic Juarista leader.

In the end, Trane and Erin face off in a showdown.

Cast

  • Gary Cooper
    Gary Cooper

    Frank James ?Gary? Cooper was an Cinema of the United States film actor and iconic star. He was renowned for his quiet, understated acting style and his stoic, individualistic, emotionally restrained, but at times intense screen persona, which was particularly well suited to the many Western movie he made....
     as Ben Trane
  • Burt Lancaster
    Burt Lancaster

    Burton Stephen "Burt" Lancaster was an United States film actor and star, noted for his athletic physique, distinct smile and, later, his willingness to play roles that went against his initial "tough guy" image....
     as Joe Erin
  • Denise Darcel
    Denise Darcel

    Denise Darcel, born Denise Billecard in Paris, is a France actress who made a few films in Cinema of the United States.Darcel was a cabaret singer in Paris after World War II before being spotted by Hollywood....
     as Countess Marie Duvarre
  • Cesar Romero
    Cesar Romero

    Cesar Julio Romero, Jr. was a Cuban American film and television actor, best known for his portrayal of Joker's appearances in other media#Batman in the 1960s television series Batman ....
     as Marquis Henri de Labordere
  • Sara Montiel
    Sara Montiel

    Sara Montiel is a Spain singer, and actor. She is still a much-loved and internationally known name in the Spanish language-speaking movie and music industries....
     as Nina (billed as Sarita Montiel)
  • George Macready
    George Macready

    George Macready was an United States stage, film, and television actor who was noted for playing polished villains.He was born in Providence, Rhode Island and claimed to be a descendant of the 19th-century Shakespearean actor William Charles Macready....
     as Emperor Maximillian
  • Ernest Borgnine
    Ernest Borgnine

    Ermes Effron Borgnino , better known by his stage name Ernest Borgnine, is an United States Golden Globe, BAFTA and Academy Award-winning actor....
     as Donnegan
  • Morris Ankrum
    Morris Ankrum

    Morris Ankrum was an United States radio, television and film character actor....
     as General Ramírez
  • Henry Brandon as Captain Danette
  • Charles Bronson
    Charles Bronson

    Charles Bronson was an United Statesn actor best known for "tough guy" image, who starred in such classic films as Once Upon a Time in the West, The Magnificent Seven, The Dirty Dozen, The Great Escape , The Evil That Men Do and the popular Death Wish series....
     as Pittsburgh (as Charles Buchinsky)
  • Jack Lambert
    Jack Lambert (actor)

    Note: Do not confuse with British actor of same name.Jack Lambert was an American character actor born in Yonkers, New York specializing in playing movie tough guys and heavies....
     as Charlie
  • Jack Elam
    Jack Elam

    Jack Elam was an United States film actor best known for his numerous roles as villains in Western films....
     as Tex
  • James McCallion as Little-Bit
  • James Seay
    James Seay

    James Seay was an United States character actor who often played minor supporting roles as government officials of one kind or another.Although it was a minor part not credited on-screen, his role in the film Miracle on 34th Street is one of his most visible, due to the film being a staple of Christmastime repeats on television....
     as Abilene
  • Archie Savage as Ballard
  • Charles Horvath as Reno
  • Juan García as Pedro


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