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Major Dundee is a 1965 American Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Charlton Heston, Richard Harris, Jim Hutton, and James Coburn.
Major Dundee: Directed by Sam Peckinpah. With Charlton Heston, Richard Harris, Jim Hutton, James Coburn. In 1864, due to frequent Apache raids from Mexico into the U.S., a Union officer decides to illegally cross the border and destroy the Apache, using a mixed army of Union troops, Confederate POWs, civilian mercenaries, and scouts.
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- Adventure, Drama, War
- Sam Peckinpah
- 1965-03-15
In 1864, due to frequent Apache raids from Mexico into the U.S., a Union officer decides to illegally cross the border and destroy the Apache, using a mixed army of Union troops, Confederate POWs, civilian mercenaries, and scouts.
Synopsis. In the last months of the Civil War, a small band of Apaches led by Sierra Charriba attack a cavalry post in New Mexico, massacre almost the entire force, kidnap three children, and escape across the border to Mexico. Stationed nearby at an isolated fort is Major Dundee, warden of 400 Confederate prisoners, Union deserters, murderers ...
May 4, 2022 · Charlton Heston is Maj. Dundee, a hard-nosed officer serving time as commander of a prisoner-of-war camp out West during the Civil War. He’s eager to make a name for himself and figures he can do that by ending an Apache uprising, rescuing three white boys kidnapped during a massacre at a nearby ranch and bringing in a chief named Sierra ...
Peckinpah's next film, Major Dundee (1965), was the first of Peckinpah's many unfortunate experiences with the major studios that financed his productions. Based on a screenplay by Harry Julian Fink , the film was to star Charlton Heston .
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.
