Vera Cruz

1954 · directed by Robert Aldrich

Rating

78/100

Hit

no

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.

Vera Cruz (1954), directed by Robert Aldrich, rates 78/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Gary Cooper
• Burt Lancaster
• Denise Darcel
• Cesar Romero
• Sara Montiel
• Ernest Borgnine
• Charles Bronson
• George Macready
• Jack Elam
• James McCallion

Crew

• Ernest Laszlo — Director of Photography
• Alan Crosland, Jr. — Editor
• Hugo Friedhofer — Original Music Composer
• James R. Webb — Screenplay
• Roland Kibbee — Screenplay

More from Robert Aldrich

1. Kiss Me Deadly (1955) — 83/100 · hit
2. Attack (1956) — 83/100 · hit
3. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) — 81/100 · hit
4. The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) — 79/100
5. Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) — 78/100
6. Ulzana's Raid (1972) — 78/100

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