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Vera Cruz (1954)

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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 side of the rebels, while the wealthy Marquis de Labodere (Cesar Romero) implores them to offer their services to

Mar 20, 2001

United Artists

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It's amazing that Aldrich found time to be simultaneously playful, thoughtful, and angry as well as compact and economical, cramming all this stuff into a fast-moving, action-packed 94 minutes.

June 23, 2011 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | Comment
Combustible Celluloid

Behind Aldrich's humoristic veneer and lush eye lurks a despairing absurdist

September 25, 2009 Full Review Source: CinePassion | Comment
CinePassion

If you like your westerns with a salsa topping, this one should be spicy enough.

June 18, 2006 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comment
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Rousing western set South of Border with Cooper and Lancaster in blazing style.

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Old school western that's gloriously and shamelessly politically-incorrect. Features genre giants like Gary Cooper, Burt Lancaster, Cesar Romero, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Elam and Charles Bronson.

February 4, 2009
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Randy Tippy

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Ordinary western about a whole lot of nothing enhanced by two legendary actors and a decent supporting cast doing what they can to breath life into it.

August 6, 2007
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jay nixon

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