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Released
1954 · FILM

Vera Cruz

A disillusioned Civil War veteran and a ruthless gunman join forces to escort a mysterious woman through a war-torn Mexico, where shifting loyalties and a fortune in gold test their morals and survival.

The Giants Battle In The Biggest Spectacle Of Them All!

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Runtime
94 min
AdventureDramaWestern

Synopsis

After the American Civil War, mercenaries travel to Mexico to fight in its revolution for financial gain. The former soldier and gentleman Benjamin Trane encounters the gunman and killer Joe Erin and his men, and together they are hired by Emperor Maximillian and the Marquis Henri de Labordere to escort the Countess Marie Duvarre to the harbor of Vera Cruz.

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Principal cast & crew: 20

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Craft leads on file

Shot by Ernest LaszloScored by Hugo FriedhoferDesigned by Alfred Ybarra

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