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Major Dundee( 1965)

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Overview

During the last winter of the Civil War, cavalry officer Amos Dundee leads a contentious troop of Army regulars, Confederate prisoners and scouts on an expedition into Mexico to destroy a band of Apaches who have been raiding U.S. bases in Texas.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Charlton Heston

      Major Amos Charles Dundee

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      Richard Harris

      Captain Benjamin Tyreen

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      Jim Hutton

      Lieutenant Graham

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      James Coburn

      Samuel Potts

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      Michael Anderson Jr.

      Trooper Tim Ryan

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      Senta Berger

      Teresa Santiago

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      Mario Adorf

      Sergeant Gomez

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      Brock Peters

      Aesop

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      Warren Oates

      O.W. Hadley

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      Ben Johnson

      Sergeant Chillum

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      R.G. Armstrong

      Reverend Dahlstrom

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      L.Q. Jones

      Arthur Hadley

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      Slim Pickens

      Wiley

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      Karl Swenson

      Captain Waller

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      Michael Pate

      Sierra Charriba

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      John Davis Chandler

      Jimmy Lee Benteen

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      Dub Taylor

      Priam

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      Albert Carrier

      Captain Jacques Tremaine

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      José Carlos Ruiz

      Riago

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      Aurora Clavel

      Melinche

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      Begoña Palacios

      Linda

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      Enrique Lucero

      Doctor Aguilar

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      Francisco Reiguera

      Old Apache

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      Whitey Hughes

      Confederate Trooper (uncredited)

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      Cliff Lyons

      Trooper (uncredited)

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      Jody McCrea

      Lt. Brannin (uncredited)

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      Marvin Miller

      Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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      Rockne Tarkington

      Jefferson (uncredited)

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    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Sun May 28 2017
    What could have been gives way to an enjoyable curio piece. Originally intended as a searing epic by director Sam Peckinpah, Major Dundee was taken away from his guiding hands post production and edited into an almost incoherent mess. Here in the new millennium we are able to see a restoration of the film with added scenes that gives the film are more cohesive structure, and yes it improves the film ten fold because the characters have flesh on their bones. Yet still we are only really glimpsing three parts of Peckinpah's vision since there is another 30 minutes of film seemingly lost foreve...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    3800000.00

    Revenue

    14873.00

    Keywords

    • mexico
    • prisoner of war
    • apache nation
    • raid
    • confederate