Santa Fe Trail (film)
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| Santa Fe Trail | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Michael Curtiz |
| Produced by | Hal B. Wallis Robert Fellows |
| Written by | Robert Buckner (screenplay) |
| Starring | Errol Flynn Olivia de Havilland Raymond Massey Ronald Reagan |
| Music by | Max Steiner |
| Cinematography | Sol Polito |
| Editing by | George Amy |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | December 28, 1940 |
| Running time | 110 min. |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
Santa Fe Trail is a 1940 western film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland. Despite glaring historical inaccuracies, the film was one of the top-grossing films of the year, being the seventh Flynn-de Havilland collaboration. The film also has nothing to do with its namesake, the famed Santa Fe Trail. Instead, it follows the life of Jeb Stuart, a cavalry commander (and future Confederate Army general). The film entered the public domain in the mid-1990s.
[edit] Plot
The film loosely follows the life of J.E.B. Stuart (Errol Flynn) before the outbreak of the American Civil War. Among its sub-plots include a romance with the fictional Kit Carson Holliday (Olivia de Havilland), friendship with George Armstrong Custer (Ronald Reagan), and battles against abolitionist John Brown (Raymond Massey).
[edit] Cast
- Errol Flynn as James "Jeb" Stuart
- Olivia de Havilland as Kit Carson Holliday
- Raymond Massey as John Brown
- Ronald Reagan as George Armstrong Custer
- Alan Hale as Tex Bell
- William Lundigan as Bob Holliday
- Van Heflin as Carl Rader
- Gene Reynolds as Jason Brown
- Henry O'Neill as Cyrus K. Holliday
- Guinn Williams as Windy Brody
- Alan Baxter as Oliver Brown
- Moroni Olsen as Robert E. Lee
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