Vera Cruz poster
Director Robert Aldrich
Screenplay James R. Webb, Roland Kibbee

Vera Cruz

Tagline: The Giants Battle In The Biggest Spectacle Of Them All!

Release Date: 1954-12-25

Duration: 94 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Charles Bronson
    Pittsburgh
  • Jack Elam
    Tex
  • Gary Cooper
    Benjamin Trane
  • Ernest Borgnine
    Donnegan
  • Burt Lancaster
    Joe Erin
  • Cesar Romero
    Marquis Henri de Labordere
  • George Macready
    Emperor Maximilian
  • Sara Montiel
    Nina
  • Charles Horvath
    Reno
  • James McCallion
    Little-Bit