After the American Civil War, mercenaries travel to Mexico to fight in their revolution for money. The former soldier and gentleman Benjamin Trane meets the gunman and killer Joe Erin and his men, and together they are hired by the Emperor Maximillian and the Marquis Henri de Labordere to escort the Countess Marie Duvarre to the harbor of Vera Cruz.
Cast
Gary Cooper
Benjamin Trane
Burt Lancaster
Joe Erin
Denise Darcel
Countess Marie Duvarre
Cesar Romero
Marquis Henri de Labordere
Sara Montiel
Nina
Ernest Borgnine
Donnegan
Charles Bronson
Pittsburgh
George Macready
Emperor Maximilian
Jack Elam
Tex
James McCallion
Little-Bit
Morris Ankrum
Gen. Ramírez
James Seay
Abilene
Henry Brandon
Capt. Danette
Archie Savage
Ballard
Charles Horvath
Reno
Jack Lambert
Charlie
Juan García
Pedro
Ketty Clavijo
Night Club Dancer (uncredited)
Pepita Funez
Flamenco Dancer (uncredited)
Fernando Wagner
Imperial Officer (uncredited)
Crew
Robert Aldrich
Director
James R. Webb
Screenplay
Roland Kibbee
Screenplay
Borden Chase
Story
Alan Crosland, Jr.
Editor
Ernest Laszlo
Director of Photography
Jack R. Berne
Assistant Director
James Hill
Producer
Alfred Ybarra
Production Design
Norma Koch
Costume Design
Margaret Donovan
Hairstylist
Robert J. Schiffer
Makeup Artist
Robert G. Carlisle
Sound Effects Editor, Music Editor
Galdino R. Samperio
Sound Recordist
Manuel Topete
Sound Recordist
Russell Shearman
Special Effects
Hugo Friedhofer
Original Music Composer
Charles Horvath
Stunts
Slim Talbot
Stunts
Bob Morgan
Stunts
Archie Savage
Choreographer
Harold Hecht
Presenter
Recommendations
view all
The Undefeated
True Grit
Two Mules for Sister Sara
Gunslingers
Villa Rides
The Shooting
Love Me Tender
The Wild Bunch
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
The Horse Soldiers
The Magnificent Seven
Decision at Sundown
Jane Got a Gun
The Magnificent Seven
Badland
The Comancheros
Young Guns II
The Way West
The Legend of Zorro
Lawman