Summary:
Produced by Burt Lancaster's own company, Vera Cruz teams Lancaster with the venerable Gary Cooper. The story, set during the Mexican revolution of 1866, casts Cooper and Lancaster as Ben Trane and Joe Erin, two rival soldiers of fortune who team to fight for the highest bidder. The two men come to loggerheads when Trane's sweetheart Nina (Sarita Montiel) begs them to fight on the sid... Full Summary >>

Cast:
Gary Cooper - (Benjamin Trane)
Burt Lancaster - (Joe Erin)
Denise Darcel - (Countess Marie Duvarre)
Cesar Romero - (Marquis de Labordere)
Sarita Montiel - (Nina)
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Review:
A vital antecedent to Sergio Leone's comically cynical spaghetti Westerns, Vera Cruz (1954) dispenses with black-and-white distinctions between good and bad and ratchets up the humor, becoming a comic yet violent epic of American bad behavior during the Mexican Revolution. Though Gary Cooper sports the lighter hat than grinning co-star ... Continue >>

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