Burt Lancaster is grinning away in Robert Aldrich's Vera Cruz. Along with Gary Cooper, Lancaster is mixed up in the Mexican Revolution as a soldier of fortune.
The movie was noted for a new level of cynicism that hadn't been seen in westerns before. Gary Cooper is I guess the nominal hero of the film but even he is a lot more interested in his own situation than helping out the Mexican revolutionaries
Robert Aldrich directed the film on location in Mexico but couldn't seem to rein Lancaster in with all of his goofy grinning. After all, Lancaster was one of the producers.
The film runs 94 minutes and has some decent action. Lancaster as usual does all of his own stunts. Vera Cruz was written by Roland Kibbee and James Webb
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