Story Line
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 Cast
Charlton Heston
Major Amos Charles Dundee
Richard Harris
Captain Benjamin Tyreen
Jim Hutton
Lieutenant Graham
James Coburn
Samuel Potts
Michael Anderson Jr.
Trooper Tim Ryan
Senta Berger
Teresa Santiago
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Rating
6.7/ 10
Release Date
1965-03-15
Runtime
2h 5m
Genres
WesternWar
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User Reviews (3)
John Chard
8/10
•5/28/2017What 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 ...
Wuchak
7/10
•2/4/2019***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....
CinemaSerf
7/10
•9/5/2024There 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 bringi...