Vera Cruz

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American film Western film film

Vera Cruz is a 1954 American Western film directed by Robert Aldrich, noted for its cynical tone, antihero characters, and influence on the later Spaghetti Western genre.

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Vera Cruz canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
Western film ⓘ
film ⓘ
aspectRatio 1.85:1 ⓘ
basedOn original screenplay ⓘ
cinematographyBy Ernest Laszlo ⓘ
colorProcess Eastmancolor ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Robert Aldrich ⓘ
distributedInFormat theatrical release print ⓘ
distributor United Artists ⓘ
editedBy Alan Crosland Jr. ⓘ
filmingFormat 35 mm film ⓘ
filmingLocation Mexico ⓘ
genre Western ⓘ
adventure film ⓘ
hasNotableCharacteristic antihero protagonists ⓘ
cynical tone ⓘ
influential on Spaghetti Western genre ⓘ
hasType feature film ⓘ
influenced Spaghetti Westerns ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Benjamin Trane ⓘ
Joe Erin ⓘ
musicBy Hugo Friedhofer ⓘ
narrativeTimePeriod French intervention in Mexico ⓘ
surface form: Second French intervention in Mexico
notableFor early depiction of morally ambiguous gunslingers ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays conflict between American adventurers and Mexican factions ⓘ
producer Burt Lancaster ⓘ
Harold Hecht ⓘ
productionCompany Hecht-Lancaster Productions ⓘ
releaseDate 1954-12-25 ⓘ
releaseYear 1954 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 94 ⓘ
screenwriter James R. Webb ⓘ
Milton Kibbee ⓘ
surface form: Roland Kibbee
settingLocation Mexico ⓘ
starring Burt Lancaster ⓘ
Cesar Romero ⓘ
Charles Bronson ⓘ
Denise Darcel ⓘ
Ernest Borgnine ⓘ
Gary Cooper ⓘ
George Macready ⓘ
Jack Elam ⓘ

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Robert Aldrich → notableWork → Vera Cruz ⓘ
Robert Aldrich → directed → Vera Cruz ⓘ
Hecht-Lancaster Productions → notableWork → Vera Cruz ⓘ
James R. Webb → notableWork → Vera Cruz ⓘ
Vera Cruz (1954 film) → title → Vera Cruz ⓘ
Harold Hecht → notableWork → Vera Cruz ⓘ
Harold Hecht → produced → Vera Cruz ⓘ