Original title | Veracruz |
Year | 1954 |
Duration | 94 min. |
Country | USA |
Director | Robert Aldrich |
Screenplay | Roland South & James R. Webb (History: Borden Chase) |
Song | Hugo Friedhofer |
Photography | Ernest Laszlo |
Distribution | Burt Lancaster, Gary Cooper, Denise Darcel, Sara Montiel (AKA Sarita Montiel), Cesar Romero, George Macready, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Elam, Charles Bronson, Jack Lambert |
Producer | MGM / UA |
Gender | Western | Mexican Revolution |
Synopsis | In 1864, with the support of Mexican conservatives, Napoleon III of France (1852-1871) imposes Maximilian of Austria as emperor of Mexico, what causes the rebellion of the Juaristas. In the middle of the civil war, two american mercenaries (Gary Cooper y Burt Lancaster), trying to take advantage of the situation, They offer their services to the highest bidder. This is how they meet a beautiful juarista (Sara Montiel) and a French countess (Denise Darcel). |