

Vera Cruz
The Giants Battle In The Biggest Spectacle Of Them All!
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.
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- English
- revolution
- mercenary
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United StatesUS
- TheatricalNR25 Dec 1954
United KingdomGB
- PhysicalPGDVD11 Jun 2001
AustriaAT
- Theatrical121 Sept 1955
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical1425 Dec 1954
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1412 Oct 1955
FranceFR
- TheatricalU10 May 1955
- Digital / OTTArte•tv13 Oct 2025
- TVArte13 Oct 2025
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1225 Dec 1954
IrelandIE
- TheatricalG24 Jun 1955
NetherlandsNL
- Physical12DVD, Blu ray20 Nov 2009
- TV12Nederland 222 Aug 2010
PortugalPT
- TheatricalM/625 Dec 1954
South KoreaKR
- Theatrical15 Feb 1957
SwedenSE
- Theatrical1525 Dec 1954
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Vera Cruz was released on 25 December 1954.
Audience reviews
3- J9/10
John Chard
1/5/2017
I suppose when one deals with men of action, one just expect action. "As the American Civil War ended, another war was just beginning. The Mexican people were struggling to rid themselves of their foreign Emperor--Maximilian. Into this fight rode a handful of Americans--ex soldiers, adventurers, criminals--all bent on gain. They drifted South in small groups-- AND SOME CAME ALONE" Gary Cooper and Burt Lancast…
- W8/10
Wuchak
4/10/2021
_**Dynamic Mexico-oriented Western with Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster**_ After the Civil War, two soldiers-of-fortune (Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster) meet in the heart of Mexico and end up taking a job for Maximilian I, Emperor of Mexico, to escort a lady aristocrat (Denise Darcel) from Mexico City to Vera Cruz on the coast. Although they have help from imperial troops, they are assaulted by Juarez’s rebels beca…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
12/7/2024
In the aftermath of the US Civil War, two mercenaries find themselves working together in an uneasy alliance. "Trane" (Gary Cooper) is the more refined of the two, "Joe" (Burt Lancaster) little better than a thug, but both are good with a gun and that attracts them to the "Marquis" (Cesar Romero) who suggests to them that there's money to be made serving the Emperor Maximilian of Mexico (George Macready). To his pala…
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