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Actors: Gary Cooper, Burt Lancaster, Denise Darcel, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jack Elam
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Vera Cruz |
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VERA CRUZ is a western directed by Robert Aldrich in 1954.
Gary Cooper is a southern gentleman who has lost everything he owns in the Civil War. He leaves home for Mexico and meets Burt Lancaster, a no-good cowboy without any morals. With a bunch of mercenaries, they accept to fight for the emperor Maximilian against the Juaristas. But they soon discover that 3 million dollars in gold are hidden inside the wagon they have to protect from the attacks of the revolutionists.
A superb western.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Vera Cruz |
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Plot
Time/Era of Movie:
- 19th century
War Thriller
Yes
Armed Forces:
- Army
- Mercenaries
Technology/treasure/info search
Yes
involving:
- money/gems/treasure
Western
Yes
Kind of western:
- searching for stashed treasure
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- cowboy
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- white
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- muscular (man)
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- enemy army
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Specific kind of enemies?
- tyrants
- corrupt local officials
Setting
The Americas (not US):
Yes
The Americas:
- Mexico
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
- fort/military installation
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- kissing
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- mission to protect something
- hand to hand
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Country/Western
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