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Heath is joined by multiple-award-winning author MAX ALLAN COLLINS (Road to Perdition) for a rundown on our top 5 western movies! Will your favorite make the cut?  Further Viewing:  Top 5 Film Noir with Max Allan Collins - https://youtu.be/GB94fXJR9Ps Film Noir: Exploring the Dark Side of Cinema with Max Allan Collins - https://youtu.be/a_okQg2cFdM The Max Allan Collins Interview - https://youtu.be/Kf1uMJdgOl4 Review Archive: CerealAtMidnight.com/p/reviews.html Shop: CerealAtMidnight.Threadless.com Ebay.com/usr/cerealatmidnight Patreon.com/CerealAtMidnight Facebook.com/CerealMidnight Twitter: CerealMidnight Instagram: CerealMidnight TikTok: OfficialCerealAtMidnight Letterboxd: CerealAtMidnite **************************************************************** When shopping on Amazon, please consider using Cereal At Midnight's affiliate link to support the channel: https://amzn.to/3LAgnlt

VERA CRUZ is an outstanding 1954 western directed by Robert Aldrich ( THE DIRTY DOZEN ) that shares many plot points and devices with Sam Peckinpah's THE WILD BUNCH , which wouldn't arrive on the scene for a full fifteen years. You want Charles Bronson playing harmonica over a decade before Leone's ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST ? Here it is, alongside Jack Elam, another Leone pick. You want Ernest Borgnine as part of a band of outlaws looking for trouble? Here he is. The influence of Vera Cruz upon the next generation of filmmakers cannot be underestimated.  At the core of Vera Cruz is the relationship between our two lead characters. Gary Cooper plays an honorable man who was on the wrong side of the Civil War and now drifts, looking for mercenary work. Burt Lancaster plays a scoundrel with few redeeming qualities, a literal black hat who is quick on the draw and seems to have no moral code whatsoever. The two men find their fates intertwined when they agree to accompany ...

Over a dozen OCTOBER Kino Lorber releases have arrived at Cereal At Midnight headquarters and we've got your first look, weeks before they hit shelves! Order directly from Kino Lorber at KLStudioClassics.com   or use the following links to support Cereal At Midnight:  The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) The Victim The Screaming Woman Scream, Pretty Peggy Devil and the Deep   The Cheat   Torch Singer   Hot Saturday Vera Cruz   The Last Sunset   Come September   Change of Habit The Hound of the Baskervilles The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat   We are viewer supported! To unlock this and over 100 (!!!) exclusive episodes of Cereal At Midnight PLUS access to our secret Facebook group, live streams, and more, visit Patreon.com/cerealatmidnight Thanks to those who make what we do possible by their support! CerealAtMidnight.com Facebook.com/CerealMidnight Twitter: CerealMidnight Instagram: CerealMidnight Letterboxd: CerealAtMidnite Shop: CerealAtMidnigh...