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.
Gary Cooper
as Benjamin Trane
Burt Lancaster
as Joe Erin
Denise Darcel
as Countess Marie Duvarre
Cesar Romero
as Marquis Henri de Labordere
Sara Montiel
as Nina
Ernest Borgnine
as Donnegan
Charles Bronson
as Pittsburgh
George Macready
as Emperor Maximilian
Jack Elam
as Tex
James McCallion
as Little-Bit
Morris Ankrum
as Gen. RamÃrez
James Seay
as Abilene
