#MOVIE VERA CRUZ MOVIE#
Just before filming on that movie began in October 1953, Lancaster announced their second film would be Vera Cruz with himself and Gary Cooper, based on a story by Borden Chase. Trane and Nina leave, while women search the dead for their loved ones.īurt Lancaster and Harold Hecht had just signed a contract with United Artists to make two films, starting with Apache, also directed by Robert Aldrich. They face off in a showdown that ends in Erin's death. However, Trane arrives in time to confront him. Erin attempts to steal the gold for himself by getting the countess to reveal the location of the ship she had hired to transport it.
In the Juarista attack, the French are defeated, but most of Erin's men are killed. The marquis succeeds in getting the gold to Veracruz. When Trane, Erin and their men are surrounded by the Juaristas, Trane persuades Ramirez to join forces and agree to pay them $100,000. Pickpocket and Juarista undercover agent Nina joins the convoy. The Juaristas, led by General Ramírez, attack the column several times. Unbeknownst to them, the marquis is listening from the shadows. They form an uneasy alliance to steal and split the gold. The countess informs them that it is worth $3 million which is intended to pay for reinforcements from Europe. Erin and Trane later discover that hidden inside are six cases of gold coins.
Trane gets the emperor to double the offer.ĭuring a river crossing, Trane notices that the stagecoach in which the countess is traveling is extremely heavy. Maximilian offers them $25,000 to escort the Countess Duvarre to the city of Veracruz. They are recruited by Marquis Henri de Labordere for service with Emperor Maximilian. He falls in with Joe Erin, a younger gunslinger who heads a gang of cutthroats. Its influence on the latter led some critics to label it "the first Spaghetti Western." Plot ĭuring the Franco-Mexican War, ex- Confederate soldier Ben Trane travels to Mexico seeking a job as a mercenary. The picture's amoral characters and cynical attitude towards violence (including a scene where Lancaster's character threatens to murder child hostages) were considered shocking at the time and influenced future Westerns such as The Magnificent Seven (1960), The Professionals (1966), Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch (1969), and the Spaghetti Western films of Sergio Leone, which often featured supporting cast members from Vera Cruz in similar roles. It was produced by Hecht-Lancaster Productions and released by United Artists on 25 December 1954. Set during the Franco-Mexican War, the film centers on a group of American mercenaries tasked with transporting a large shipment of Imperial gold to the port of Veracruz, but begin to have second thoughts about their allegiances. Vera Cruz is a 1954 American Western film directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster, featuring Denise Darcel, Sara Montiel, Cesar Romero, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson and Jack Elam. The expedition passes through the ruins of Teotihuacan.
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