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Overview

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6.7/10   2,334 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Harry Julian Fink (story)
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Release Date:
15 March 1965 (Denmark) more
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THE EPIC STORY OF THE GREAT SOUTH-WEST !
Plot:
During the last winter of the Civil War, cavalry officer Amos Dundee leads a contentious troop of Army regulars... more | add synopsis
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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
Mario Adorf ... Sergeant Gomez

Brock Peters ... Aesop
Warren Oates ... O.W. Hadley

Ben Johnson ... Sergeant Chillum
R.G. Armstrong ... Reverend Dahlstrom
L.Q. Jones ... Arthur Hadley
Slim Pickens ... Wiley
Karl Swenson ... Captain Waller
Michael Pate ... Sierra Charriba
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for violence and some sensuality. (2005 re-issue)
Runtime:
123 min | 136 min (2005 restored version) | Spain:117 min | USA:152 min (unreleased director's cut)
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Colour:
Colour (Eastmancolor)
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Lee Marvin was Sam Peckinpah's initial choice for the role of Samuel Potts, but Marvin wanted too much money. Marvin's agent suggested 'James Coburn' for the part, and Coburn ultimately got the role. more
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Anachronisms: At the end of the battle attempting to cross a river, one of the black soldiers is shown easily carrying the howitzer in his arms. The man would have to be very strong, as the barrel of a 12-lb. Mountain Howitzer would have weighed over 220 pounds. more
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Narrator: In the territory of New Mexico towards the end of the Civil War, an Indian, Sierra Charriba, and his Apache warriors raided, sacked and looted an area almost three times the size of Texas.
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29 out of 45 people found the following review useful.
Made Up as he went along, 22 March 2004
5/10
Author: bkoganbing from Buffalo, New York

In his autobiography, Charlton Heston spent more time talking about this film than any other. Some other commentator said that it looked like someone took over the direction. The commentator was very observant. Heston had to take over the direction because Sam Peckinpah just lost interest and began indulging in all kinds of vices down on location in Mexico which I won't get into. Read Heston's book. Suffice it to say that he was unable to go to the set, for any number of reasons.

Heston says that Peckinpah was making it up as he went along and the film sure looks it. The plot just meanders into various situations that this motley crew of Indian fighters encounter. Heston also said that he violated a rule of his own to never start a film without a complete script, something he never did again. The film is an incredible waste of fine talented cast.

Charlton Heston and I both think the film had real possibilities and that Sam Peckinpah was a flawed talent.

If you want to see the film, read Charlton Heston's account of its making.

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