Vera Cruz (1954)
Actors:
Ernest Borgnine (actor),
Henry Brandon (actor),
Charles Bronson (actor),
Gary Cooper (actor),
Jack Elam (actor),
Juan García (actor),
Charles Horvath (actor),
Jack Lambert (actor),
Burt Lancaster (actor),
George Macready (actor),
James McCallion (actor),
Cesar Romero (actor),
Archie Savage (actor),
James Seay (actor),
Morris Ankrum (actor),
Plot: After the American Civil War, mercenaries travel to Mexico to fight in their revolution for money. The former soldier and gentleman Benjamin Trane meets the gunman and killer Joe Erin and his men, and together they are hired by the Emperor Maximillian and the Marquis Henri de Labordere to escort the Countess Marie Duvarre to the harbor of Vera Cruz. Ben and Erin find that the stagecoach is transporting US$ 3,000,000.00 in gold hidden below the seat and they scheme to steal it. Along their journey, betrayals and incidents happen changing their initial intentions.
Keywords: adventurer, adventuress, ambush, armor, aztec-pyramid, bar-brawl, bar-fight, battle, battlefield, betrayal
Genres:
Adventure,
Western,
Taglines: The Giants Battle In The Biggest Spectacle Of Them All!
Quotes:
Benjamin Trane: [looking to buy a horse] How much?::Joe Erin: $100... gold!::Benjamin Trane: That's mighty hard.::Joe Erin: So's walkin'!
Joe Erin: Hey, you saved my bacon back there.::Benjamin Trane: Sorry I was so slow gettin' to yuh.::Joe Erin: You'd a been a little slower, you'd a stood to be a lot richer.::Benjamin Trane: Maybe I didn't think o' that.::Joe Erin: Too bad, You never know. Ace Hannah ran a gamblin' joint back in Laredo. Shot my old man in a stud game while I was still a kid. He felt so bad he gave me a home.::Benjamin Trane: What does that got to do with savin' your life?::Joe Erin: Ace used to say you don't take any chances you don't have to. Don't trust nobody you don't have to trust, and don't do no favors you don't have to do. Ace lived long enough to know he was right. He lived thirty seconds after I shot 'em. [after Ben reacts to the revelation] You know somethin'? That's the first time I ever told anybody the story of my life.::Benjamin Trane: Thanks.
Benjamin Trane: [after shooting his horse] His leg was broke.::Joe Erin: Three-legged horse'll bring a price down here.::Benjamin Trane: He was sufferin'.::Joe Erin: Soft spot, hinh?::Benjamin Trane: Only for horses.
Joe Erin: Next time you draw near me, better say what you're aimin' to shoot at.::Benjamin Trane: If I have the time, I will.
Capt. Danette: [sarcastically, after watching Joe drink] Careful. Some of the wine is getting in your mouth.::Benjamin Trane: Do you got a soft spot for an innocent man?::Joe Erin: No such thing as an innocent man!
Marquis Henri de Labordere: [referring to Ben's stolen wallet] It is useless to look for it now, monsieur. In Mexico today chase a thief, and he disappears in a puff of smoke.::Joe Erin: It's only cowhide, Ben. Max'll buy yuh another.::Benjamin Trane: It wasn't the wallet. It's the sentiment. I had $12 in it.
Countess Marie Duvarre: One million's enough for me.::Joe Erin: It ain't for me. I'm a pig!
Joe Erin: That marquis's getting too many teeth in that crocodile smile of his. I don't like it!
Benjamin Trane: You just can't do enough for me, can yuh, Joe?::Joe Erin: Why not? You're the first friend I ever had.
Countess Marie Duvarre: My dear, you're unusually gallant this evening.::Marquis Henri de Labordere: As gallant as you find the two Americans?::Countess Marie Duvarre: Ah, you surprise me, Henri! You should know there is never anything to fear from TWO men!