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Vera Cruz is a 1954 American Western theatrical film starring Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster, and featuring Denise Darcel, Sara Montiel, Cesar Romero, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson and Jack Elam. The movie was directed by Robert Aldrich from a story by Borden Chase. The picture's amoral characters and cynical attitude toward 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, The Professionals, Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch, and the films of Sergio Leone, which often featured supporting cast members from Vera Cruz in similar roles.
During the Franco-Mexican War, ex-Confederate soldier Ben Trane (Cooper) travels to Mexico seeking a job as a mercenary. He falls in with Joe Erin (Lancaster), a lethal gunslinger who heads a gang of cutthroats (including Ernest Borgnine, Jack Elam, Charles Bronson, and Archie Savage). They are recruited by Marquis Henri de Labordere (Cesar Romero) for service with the Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico (George Macready) After an almost miraculous display of shooting with a lever action model 1873 Winchester rifle, the Emperor offers them $25,000 to escort the Countess Duvarre (Denise Darcel) to the seaport city of Veracruz on the Gulf of Mexico. Trane uses a compliment to the countess to get the Emperor to double it, impressing Erin with his boldness. During a river crossing, Trane and Erin noticed that the stagecoach that the countess is traveling in is extremely heavy. Erin later discovers that the stagecoach contains six cases of gold coins. First Trane and then the countess discover him looking at the gold. The countess informs them that it is worth $3 million which is being transported to pay for troops for Maximilian's French army. They form an uneasy alliance to steal and split the gold. Unfortunately for their plans, the Marquis was listening from the shadows.
Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster find their "Tin Soldier".
VeraCruz, es una película estadounidense del género western. Rodada en 1954 bajo dirección de Robert Aldrich, contó con un plantel de estrellas de Hollywood, encabezado por Gary Cooper y Burt Lancaster. Les secundaron, Denise Darcel, Cesar Romero, Ernest Borgnine, un joven Charles Bronson y la española Sara Montiel en su primera incursión en el cine norteamericano.
Vera Cruz est un western américain réalisé par Robert Aldrich, sorti en 1954 La guerre de Sécession finie, certains soldats démobilisés et sans attaches, partent à l'aventure au Mexique où se déroule une guerre civile opposant l'auto-proclamé empereur Maximilien et Benito Juárez. En effet, chacun des deux camps recrute à tour de bras pour étoffer ses troupes. Benjamin Trane, comme Joe Erin avec sa bande de brigands, sont sollicités par les deux camps. Le marquis Henri de Labordère, lié à Maximilien, l'emporte et propose aux deux hommes une mission pour le moins sans dangers : escorter le carrosse de la comtesse Marie Duvarre qui se rend à Vera Cruz. Ils ne tardent pas à soupçonner des raisons plus impérieuses à ce voyage et, au soir de la première halte, jettent un œil dans le carrosse. ...
Cabecera de la película con Gary Cooper, Burt Lancaster y Sara Montiel
promotional trailer 1954.
Vera Cruz (1954) final duel between Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster
Movie I made for a class project. no, I don't own the rights to Satriana's song but it rocks!
I heard Woodrow Wilson's guns
I heard Maria crying
Late last night I heard the news
That Veracruz was dying
Veracruz was dying
Someone called Maria's name
I swear it was my father's voice
Saying, 'If you stay you'll all be slain
You must leave now - you have no choice
Take the servants and ride west
Keep the child close to your chest
When the American troops withdraw
Let Zapata take the rest'
I heard Woodrow Wilson's guns
I heard Maria calling
Saying, 'Veracruz is dying
And Cuernavaca's falling'
Aquel dia yo jure [On that day I swore]
Hacia el puerto volvere [To the port I will return]
Aunque el destino cambio mi vida [Even though destiny changed my life]
En Veracruz morire [In Veracruz I shall die]
Aquel dia yo jure [On that day I swore]
I heard Woodrow Wilson's guns
I heard them in the harbor
Saying, 'Veracruz is dying'