VERA CRUZ at HOLLYWOOD TEEN MOVIES

Legendary screen icons Gary Cooper (High Noon) and Burt Lancaster (Elmer Gantry) team up for a magnificent, action-packed western from director Robert Aldrich (The Dirty Dozen) and screenwriters Roland Kibbee and James R. Webb. With sweeping vistas and larger-than-life heroics, it’s a tale as bold and rugged as the characters it so brilliantly depicts.

Cooper and Lancaster portray Benjamin Trane and Joe Erin, two daredevil mercenaries who journey into Mexico in search of adventure - and hard cash - during the 1866 revolution. But they get more than they bargained for when the wealthy and beautiful Countess Duvarre hires them to escort her (and a fortune in gold) to Emperor Maximilian’s fighting forces in Vera Cruz. The trail is fraught with danger, betrayal, and murder… and when Ben is swept up in the revolutionary fervour, he and Joe find themselves at odds with the Mexican army - and each other.

Vera Cruz [DVD](1954) DVD
Exciting frontier saga stars Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster as rival gunfighters involved in a plot to overthrow the Emperor of Mexico in the 1860s. Co-stars Cesar Romero, Denise Darcel and Charles Bronson; Robert Aldrich directs. 94 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby mono, French mono; Spanish mono; Subtitles: Spanish, French; theatrical trailer.

The Professionals [DVD](1966) DVD
Lusty, rousing tale about four soldiers of fortune (Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan, Woody Strode) in the 1917 West hired by a cattle baron to rescue his kidnapped wife from a Mexican bandit. With Jack Palance, Claudia Cardinale, Ralph Bellamy. 117 min. Widescreen & Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby stereo; Subtitles: English, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai; production notes; biographies; filmographies; theatrical trailer; scene access.
Lawman [DVD](1971) DVD
Provocative Western drama starring Burt Lancaster as a marshal who discovers that those responsible for hiring him to capture a group of murderous ranchers have turned against him. Robert Ryan, Lee J. Cobb, Sheree North and Robert Duvall also star. 95 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby mono, French mono, Spanish mono; Subtitles: French, Spanish; theatrical trailer. Dolby mono, French Dolby mono; Subtitles: Spanish, French; theatrical trailer.
Springfield Rifle(1952) VHS
First-rate Western adventure involving a renegade Union officer (Gary Cooper) posing as a Confederate rustler in order to discover who is supplying thieves with top-secret information about shipments of Union horses to the East. Phyllis Thaxter & Lon Chaney Jr. co-star.93 min.
High Noon (Collector's Edition) [DVD](1952) DVD
Four Academy Awards, including Gary Cooper's second Best Actor Oscar, went to director Fred Zinnemann's landmark Western drama. Cooper shines as retiring frontier marshal Will Kane, who must stand alone when a vengeance-seeking outlaw comes to town. Grace Kelly co-stars as Kane's new Quaker wife; with Lloyd Bridges, Katy Jurado, Ian MacDonald, Thomas Mitchell. 85 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English; "making of" documentary; photo gallery; audio commentary; theatrical trailers; radio broadcast with Tex Ritter; interactive menus; scene access.