Vera Cruz: Living or Dead?

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Which cast and crew of 1954 film by Robert Aldrich Vera Cruz are living and who are dead?

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By Orgate-Hamilton

Updated 27 October 2017

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Artist	Trailer screenshot Licencing information : http://web.archive.org/web/20080321033709/http://www.sabucat.com/?pg=copyright and http://www.creativeclearance.com/guidelines.html#D2
Credit	Vera Cruz trailer
License	pd
Desc	1-Screenshot of Gary Cooper from the trailer for the film Vera Cruz (1954).
Usage	Public domain

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1954 film by Robert Aldrich

Vera Cruz

Released	1954 (68 years, 2 months ago)

About Vera Cruz

Vera Cruz is a 1954 American Western theatrical film starring Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster, and featuring Denise Darcel, Sara Montiel, Cesar Romero, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson and Jack Elam. The movie was directed by Robert Aldrich from a story by Borden Chase. The picture's amoral characters and cynical attitude toward violence (including a scene where Lancaster's character threatens to murder child hostages) were considered shocking at the time and influenced future Westerns such as The Magnificent Seven, The Professionals, Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch, and the films of Sergio Leone, which often featured supporting cast members from Vera Cruz in similar roles.