Made in 1954
During the Mexican Rebellion of 1866, an unsavory group of American adventurers are hired by the forces of Emperor Maximilian to escort a countess to Vera Cruz.
Posted on 02/03/2020 9:41:24 PM PST by SteveH
i am searching for a western film that i vaguely recall watching in the early 1960s.
two men (and a woman?) find themselves alone and stranded, without supplies or transportation, in the mexican desert in the late 19th century.
they walk and come across a railroad track. they follow the line and find an overturned two man handcar. they get the handcar back on the railroad track. then they operate the handcar until they get to a big city (vera cruz?). there is a gunfight of some sort, and they win the gun fight.
iirc, the movie has two famous tough-guy stars.
my recollection is that this movie is before the flight of the phoenix and possibly before lawrence of arabia.
i have looked in the usual places, but have not found the movie so far. thanks for any help or pointers.
Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster were in a movie called Vera Cruz. It’s been so long I can’t remember the particulars. You might check it out.
Color or black and white?
Made in 1954
During the Mexican Rebellion of 1866, an unsavory group of American adventurers are hired by the forces of Emperor Maximilian to escort a countess to Vera Cruz.
Vera Cruz was black and white in 1954 but then colorized I think by Turner Broadcasting. Even if it ain’t the right one, it’s good.
originally i was under an impression that the movie was called vera cruz. so i watched “vera cruz” but iirc it did not seem to be that movie.
THEY CAME TO CORDURA with Gary Cooper and Rita Hayworth.
Read the book and saw the movie later.
Vera Cruz was filmed in color. I saw it at the theater in color.
I hear they did a lot,of filming in mexico. so we know the montezuma’s revenge was authentic.
That movie takes place in 1916 and involves Poncho Villa.
is it? i do not see much detail in the imdb plot, but i do see a handcar briefly in the trailer.
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. Ben and Erin find that the stagecoach is transporting three million U.S. dollars in gold hidden below the seat, and they scheme to steal it. Along their journey, betrayals and incidents happen changing their initial intentions.
TRUE. But it has soldiers capture Rita Hayworth, then take others to the US due to their bravery under fire.
They lose their horses, then find a railroad pushchart, then there is a mutiny against Gary Cooper, the officer taking them to Cordura.
Gary Cooper as the officer, Van Heflin and Tab Hunter as the two “bad guys”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Came_to_Cordura
THEY CAME TO CORDURA with Gary Cooper and Rita Hayworth.
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I think that’s the film where Dick York tore up his back using the handcar.
Asking a friend of mine who works in the Movies. bump
Pretty sure it can be watched on Amazon Prime.
yeah. it sounds as if it could be a match. thanks!!! (fr rocks)
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