Vera Cruz (1954)
During the Mexican Rebellion of 1866, an unsavory group of American riders are hired by the forces of Emperor Maximilian to escort a countess to Vera Cruz.
Proof if any were needed that a couple of western icons in Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster, a fistful of cool co-stars in Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jack Elam and George Macready and a cast of seemingly thousands, together with vast Mexican panoramas, a fun opening and spectacular battle at the end does not a good film make without a decent story.
A spectacular missed opportunity.
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