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Vera Cruz (1954) was a Western - Adventure Film directed by Robert Aldrich and produced by Harold Hecht, Burt Lancaster and James Hill.

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Vera Cruz (1954): Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster

By 4 Star Film Fan on Sep 8, 2020 From 4 Star Films

Below the Mexican border, during Antebellum days, a diverse array of Americans find themselves in the middle of the fight against Maximillian of France. Vera Cruz is far from a history lesson, however. It need not be. Still, it plays as an important footnote in a different type of history altogether... Read full article


Vera Cruz (1954)

By Beatrice on Jan 21, 2016 From Flickers in Time

Vera Cruz Directed by Robert Aldrich Written by Roland Kibbee and James R. Webb; story by Borden Chase 1954/USA Hecht-Lancaster Productions First viewing/Amazon Instant Benjamin Trane: If I have the time, I will. This OK Western benefits from its star power. The story takes place during the Mexic... Read full article


Sara Montiel: Vera Cruz’s Spanish Beauty

By Virginie Pronovost on Oct 13, 2015 From The Wonderful World of Cinema

Hollywood produces films starring, of course, a bunch of talented (or not) American actors. But some people coming from other countries also had a career, a long or short one, in Hollywood. We can think of the German Marlene Dietrich, the Swedish Ingrid Bergman or the English James Mason. Today, I&#... Read full article


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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.


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: 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]
Joe Erin: You know somethin'? That's the first time I ever told anybody the story of my life.
Benjamin Trane: Thanks.


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Produced by Burt Lancaster's own production company for $1.7 million, it went on to become a sizeable hit, grossing over $11 million.
Gary Cooper was badly hurt when he was struck by fragments from a bridge that had been blown up and the special-effects team had used too much explosives.
This film is sometimes called the "first spaghetti western," due to its reputed influence on the Italian directors such as Sergio Leone who popularized the genre.
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