ApprovedMajor Dundee

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IMDB (9,032 votes)

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Rotten Tomatoes

500M
500M
Play Time: 125 mins
Western, War
Major Dundee

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.

Status: Released (1965-03-15)
BoxOffice:$20,807
Screen:Harry Julian Fink, Oscar Saul, Sam Peckinpah
Productions: Jerry Bresler Productions, Columbia Pictures
Production Countries: United States of America
Spoken Languages: English, Español, Français
Major Dundee
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Reviews

John Chard

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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 ....

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Wuchak

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***Harsh, dense Peckinpah Western with Charlton Heston, Richard Harris and James Coburn*** A disgraced Major (Charlton Heston) guilty of making a tactical error at Gettysburg is assigned to command a dull P.O.W. camp in the New Mexican Territory. After some ranchers and a cavalry ....

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CinemaSerf

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There were quite a few westerns made that featured famous actors - one in blue, the other in grey, having to work together after the end of the American Civil war. This one pitches Charlton Heston as the eponymous leader of a troop tasked with bringing to heel some Apache who are rai ....

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