About this title: Produced in Mexico, Stronghold was distributed in the U.S. by Lippert Pictures. The studio hoped that the presence of American film stars Veronica Lake and Zachary Scott would prove beneficial at the box-office. Set during Juarez' revolution against Austrian emperor Maximillian, the film casts Lake as Mary Stevens, a wealthy American visitor who is kidnapped by gentleman bandit Don Pedro Alvarez (Arturo de Cordova) and his gang. Alvarez plans to use the ransom money to help finance the revolution, but Mary manages to orchestrate governmental resistance against the bandit's schemes. Eventually ...
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"I just happen to be a great fan of Arturo de Cordova. I have not seen him in anything I have not enjoyed. Oh sure, the picture is dated and perhaps not the greatest print, but I feel he could do anything and it would make it great. Yes.... I really liked it!"
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