Vera Cruz (1954)
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Cast
as Joe Erin
as Benjamin Trane
as Countess Marie Duvarre
as Donnegan
as Marquis de Labordere
as Nina
as Emperor Maximilian
as Gen. Aguilar
as Danette
as Pittsburgh
as Charlie
as Tex
as Little Bit
as Abilene
as Ballard
as Reno
as Pedro
Critic Reviews for Vera Cruz
All Critics (12) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (2) | DVD (1)
Played out as a seat-of-the-pants con game of shifting alliances and double crosses, it's a cheerfully ruthless tale that served as a veritable blueprint for the mercenary brand of Italian spaghetti westerns of the 1960s.
Vera Cruz is one of the better Westerns that no one remembers . . . .
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.
Behind Aldrich's humoristic veneer and lush eye lurks a despairing absurdist
If you like your westerns with a salsa topping, this one should be spicy enough.
Rousing western set South of Border with Cooper and Lancaster in blazing style.
Audience Reviews for Vera Cruz
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.
Super Reviewer
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.
Super Reviewer
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.
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