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Release Date:
25 December 1954 (USA)
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Tagline:
The Giants Battle In The Biggest Spectacle Of Them All!
Plot:
During the Mexican Rebellion of 1866, an unsavory group of American adventurers are hired by the forces of Emporer Maximilian to escort a countess to Vera Cruz. full summary | add synopsis
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Enjoyably twisted Western
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Gary Cooper | ... | Benjamin Trane |
 | Burt Lancaster | ... | Joe Erin |
 | Denise Darcel | ... | Countess Marie Duvarre |
 | Cesar Romero | ... | Marquis Henri de Labordere |
 | Sara Montiel | ... | Nina (as Sarita Montiel) |
| George Macready | ... | Emperor Maximillian |
 | Jack Elam | ... | Tex |
 | Ernest Borgnine | ... | Donnegan |
| James McCallion | ... | Little-Bit |
| Morris Ankrum | ... | General Ramírez |
| James Seay | ... | Abilene |
| Henry Brandon | ... | Capt. Danette |
| Archie Savage | ... | Ballard |
 | Charles Bronson | ... | Pittsburgh (as Charles Buchinsky) |
| Charles Horvath | ... | Reno |
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Runtime:
94 min | Argentina:95 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.00 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
Certification:
West Germany:12 (nf) |
UK:A (original rating) |
Germany:12 (DVD rating) |
Argentina:13 |
Finland:K-16 |
Norway:16 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:PG |
USA:Approved (PCA #16980, Adult Audience) |
Australia:PG
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One of Robert Aldrich's personal favourites of his films, he particularly enjoyed the fact that it had a hero and an anti-hero.
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Continuity: When Emperor Maximillian is checking out the Winchester, his chest sash has a large golden Mexican eagle which repeatedly disappears and reappears between shots.
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Quotes:
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Benjamin Trane: Howdy. You an American?
Joe Erin: You interested in me or the horses?
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Benjamin Trane: Howdy. You an American?
Joe Erin: You interested in me or the horses?
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Featured in Adieu Gary (2009)
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Vera Cruz
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There is no honor among thieves, unless Gary Cooper is one of them. Compelling film about badass American gunslingers in Mexico is one of my favorite westerns. It's plot twist after twist, double-cross after double-cross, as a filthy gang of desperadoes led by Cooper and Burt Lancaster is hired to escort a "lady" across the Mexican hinterland.
Cooper is magnificent as a man who needs money so badly that he tries to wrestle his conscience to the ground, but he's topped by Burt Lancaster in one of his best (sexiest) performances. He's amoral and dangerous, yet charming and so sexy that words fail (cartoon wolf noises being more appropriate). Two compelling characters become both friends and enemies, all building up to a fabulous finish. A must-see!