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Cast

Burt Lancaster
as Joe Erin

Gary Cooper
as Benjamin Trane

Denise Darcel
as Countess Marie Duvarre

Ernest Borgnine
as Donnegan

Cesar Romero
as Marquis de Labordere

Sarita Montiel
as Nina

George Macready
as Emperor Maximilian

Morris Ankrum
as Gen. Aguilar

Henry Brandon
as Danette

Charles Bronson
as Pittsburgh

Jack Lambert
as Charlie

Jack Elam
as Tex

James McCallion
as Little Bit

James Seay
as Abilene

Archie Savage
as Ballard

Charles Horvath
as Reno

Juan García
as Pedro

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Critic Reviews for Vera Cruz

Audience Reviews for Vera Cruz

• Feb 04, 2009

  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.
  Randy T Super Reviewer
• Dec 09, 2008

  Western Classic and one of the movies that established Burt Lancaster's Blendax grin. Him and Cary Cooper are meeting in Mexico during the revolution, trying to make their ways as guns for hire (along with Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson and Jack Elam). During their job of protecting a carriage there is a lot of double-crossing and surprisingly many amoral characters, with Cooper of course being the one with the heart of gold under the rough skin. The interaction between the two main characters, friends and foes against all odds, is what carries this film, despite of a rather low number of real action scenes. This is old-fashioned Western movie making, for fans of the genre, and yet the film avoids most stereotypes and uses a rather unique setting.
  Jens S Super Reviewer
• Aug 06, 2007

  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.
  jay n Super Reviewer
• Jul 21, 2007

  There's 3 mil in gold in the offing, travelling only a coupla miles in post-American Civil War Mexico, where many ex-soldiers now ply their trade as gun-for-hires. So it is that the Coop, former Southern man of means runs into typical carpetbaggin' Northern rogue Lancaster and uneasily team together in a play for the moolah. Do they trust each other? Okay, so what if you know that there's a gunfight waiting at the end of the piece right from the start, Aldrich throws in so many twists and turns that its well worth the ride.
  Kevin M. W Super Reviewer

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