Product Information
Two men travel south of the border to sell arms to the highest bidder in Mexico, as the war against Emperor Maximillian rages.Product Identifiers
ProducerJames Hill
EAN5050070006520
eBay Product ID (ePID)3956366
Product Key Features
ActorSarita Montiel, Morris Ankrum, George Macready, Ernest Borgnine, Gary Cooper, Burt Lancaster, Denise Darcel, Cesar Romero
Film/TV TitleVera Cruz
DirectorRobert Aldrich
LanguageEnglish
Subtitle LanguageDanish\Dutch\English\French\German\Italian\Norwegian\Spanish\Swedish
Run Time90 Mins
Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Release Year2001
FormatDVD
FeaturesOriginal Theatrical Trailer\Interactive Menu\Chapter Selection, Widescreen, Closed Caption, With Subtitles
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
CertificatePG
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
Hearing ImpairedEnglish\German
ComposerHugo Friedhofer
Additional InformationIn Robert Aldrich's action-packed Western, Benjamin Trane (Gary Cooper) and Joe Erin (Burt Lancaster) are American soldiers of fortune hired by the Austrian ruler of Mexico, Maximilian, to safeguard a royal convoy transporting gold and an Austrian countess to the port of Vera Cruz. Things get complicated for the mercenaries when they begin to mistrust one another--and when Erin starts to fall for the countess. Aldrich throws a bit of European exotica into the standard oater formula of guns, grit, and gold to create a striking, memorable film that showcases the acting talents of Cooper and Lancaster, two monumental Hollywood stars. The director also sprinkles some trenchant historical commentary into his powder-keg narrative by showing the Hapsburg empire's bumbling attempt to annex Mexico.
ScreenwriterJames R. Webb, Roland Kibbee
Dubbing LanguagesGerman\French\Spanish\Italian
CinematographerErnest Laszlo
Format DescriptionDVD 9
Sound sourceDolby Digital Mono
EditorAlan Crosland
Movie/TV TitleVera Cruz
Consumer AdviceContains mild violence and infrequent mild language