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Santa Fe Trail
Where the railroad and civilization ended, the Sante Fe Trail began!
As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are assigned to the 2nd Cavalry, stationed at Fort Leavenworth. While there they aid in the capture and execution of the abolitionist, John Brown following the Battle of Harper's Ferry.
- Original title
- Santa Fe Trail
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
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CinemaSerf
Jun 23, 2022 · via TMDB
First thing to do before you watch this star-studded tale, is to forget anything you might actually know about the history of the start of the US Civil war - that way, you can sit back and enjoy this adventure film in the spirit Mike Curtiz intended. Errol Flynn is Jeb Stewart and Ronnie Reagan is George Custer who both pass out from West Point and are assigned the difficult task of helping to thwart the gun-runners and insurrectionists led by Raymond Massey as "John Brown" who is determined to assert his rather racially enlightened strategy to free all the slaves in the United States, and no talking about it. There's a bit of a love story between Flynn and a very tomboyish looking Olivia de Havilland ("Kit"); a bit of subterfuge from Van Heflin as "Rader"; some strong support from Alan Hale and a few good cameos from Ward Bond and Charles "Ming" Middleton but this rather episodic acton move belongs entirely to the Rasputin-esque Massey - to, more specifically to his eyes; those of a despotic maniac that even though his goals are laudable, make you mistrust everything about him. He is great. The narrative mixes fact and fiction as you might mix a cocktail, and like a cocktail sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't - but it's a decently paced yarn with a bit of a conscience and a flourishing ending that is still worth catching up with today.
John Chard
Apr 26, 2020 · via TMDB
Errol, Ronnie and Olivia, directed by Curtiz. This is based around the story of one Jeb Stuart, a Southern born gent who would go on to become one of the South's greatest cavalrymen during the American Civil War. We follow his romance with sweetheart Kit Carson Holliday, his friendship with George Armstrong Custer, and onto his battles with abolitionist John Brown. Though it's mostly agreed these days that Santa Fe Trail has no great historical worth, it is however still a decent movie that boasts great drama, a sweet romance, and no little amount of action. Knowingly directed by the astute Michael Curtiz and featuring the acting of Errol Flynn (dashing as Stuart), Olivia de Havilland (gutsy as Carson), Ronald Reagan (solid as Custer), and Raymond Massey (acting overdrive as Brown), the picture certainly holds up well on the technical front. However, the relatively low rating on internet movie sites is of much interest to me, for being as I'm British I have no sort of conflict of interest with the actual story. Patriotic fervour booms out from the screen, but this appears to be at odds with the John Brown arc, the character's ambitions are nearly accepted as noble, creating a sort of odd coupling. I could of course be way off, but I wonder if the story doesn't sit well with some of our American friends?. Still the picture is never less than enjoyable, the great music from Max Steiner adds to the occasion and the finale is high reward for the viewers patience. 6.5/10
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Errol Flynn
Jeb Stuart
Olivia de Havilland
Kit Carson Holliday
Raymond Massey
John Brown
Ronald Reagan
George Custer
Alan Hale
Tex Bell
William Lundigan
Bob Holliday
Van Heflin
Rader
Gene Reynolds
Jason Brown
Henry O'Neill
Cyrus Brody
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Windy Brody
Alan Baxter
Oliver Brown
John Litel
Martin
Moroni Olsen
Robert E. Lee
David Bruce
Phil Sheridan
Hobart Cavanaugh
Barber Doyle
Charles D. Brown
Major Sumner
Joe Sawyer
Kitzmiller
Frank Wilcox
James Longstreet
Ward Bond
Townley
Russell Simpson
Shubel Morgan
Charles Middleton
Gentry
Erville Alderson
Jefferson Davis
Spencer Charters
Conductor
Susan Peters
Charlotte
William Marshall
George Pickett
Arthur Aylesworth
Abolitionist at Russell's House (uncredited)
Roy Barcroft
Engineer (uncredited)
Trevor Bardette
Agitator in Palmyra (uncredited)
Al Bridge
Palmyra Townsman (uncredited)
Georgia Caine
Officer's Wife at Party (uncredited)
Lucia Carroll
Girl at Wedding (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
Armory Guard (uncredited)
Lane Chandler
Adjutant (uncredited)
Mildred Coles
Girl at Wedding (uncredited)
Harry Cording
Workman in Delaware Crossing (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
Officer at Washington Party (uncredited)
Jim Farley
Brewer, Armory Hostage (uncredited)
Mitzi Green
Girl at Wedding (uncredited)
Creighton Hale
Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
Henry Hall
Abolitionist at Russell's House (uncredited)
Theresa Harris
Maid (uncredited)
Edward Hearn
Abolitionist in Armory (uncredited)
Russell Hicks
Dr. J. Boyce Russell (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
Officer Reading Names of Graduates (uncredited)
Victor Kilian
Dispatch Rider (uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas
Weiner (uncredited)
Eric Mayne
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Frank Mayo
Engineer (uncredited)
Tom McGuire
Man with Surveyor (uncredited)
Lafe McKee
Minister (uncredited)
Robert McKenzie
Kansas Townsman (uncredited)
Mira McKinney
Survivor at Delaware Crossing (uncredited)
Frank Mills
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Jack Mower
Surveyor (uncredited)
Nestor Paiva
Abolitionist Noticing Army Horse Brand (uncredited)
Clinton Rosemond
Black Man on Train (uncredited)
Walter Soderling
Abolitionist at Russell's House (uncredited)
Grace Stafford
Farmer's Wife (uncredited)
Libby Taylor
Black Woman (uncredited)
Eddy Waller
Workman (uncredited)
Blackie Whiteford
Henchman (uncredited)
Ernest Whitman
Black Man in Barn (uncredited)
Maris Wrixon
Girl at Wedding (uncredited)
Byron Haskin
Special Effects
Michael Curtiz
Director
Hal B. Wallis
Executive Producer
Jack L. Warner
Producer
Hugo Friedhofer
Orchestrator
Max Steiner
Original Music Composer
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