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Rough Riders

Year:

1997

Duration:

USA:184 min (DVD)

Genres:

Action | Drama | History | War | Western

IMDB rate:

7.5

Director:

John Milius

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 4 wins & 1 nomination

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1997-07-20

Filming Locations: Bandera, Texas, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Tom Berenger

Rough Riders

Sam Elliott

Capt. Bucky O'Neil

Gary Busey

Gen. Joseph 'Fighting Joe' Wheeler

Brad Johnson

Henry Nash

Illeana Douglas

Edith Roosevelt

Chris Noth

Craig Wadsworth

Brian Keith

President William McKinley

George Hamilton

William Randolph Hearst

R. Lee Ermey

Secretary of State John Hay

Nick Chinlund

Frederick Remington

Dale Dye

Col. Leonard Wood

Holt McCallany

Hamilton Fish

Geoffrey Lewis

Eli

James Parks

William Tiffany

Dakin Matthews

Wadsworth, Sr.

Mark Moses

Woodbury Kane

William Katt

Edward Marshall

Francesco Quinn

Rafael Castillo

Adam Storke

Stephen Crane

Titus Welliver

B.F. Goodrich

Diana Jorge

Mademoiselle Adler

Eric Allan Kramer

Henry Bardshar

Angee Hughes

Sara Bardshar

Hunter Bentley

Boyo (GT station)

Peter Sherayko

Brodie

Troy Curvey Jr.

Sgt. Buck

Randy Stripling

Buffalo Soldier

Willie Dirden

Butler

Jared Chandler

Capron

Rusty Cox

Captain (Shafter's staff)

Gary Ragland

Captain (trench)

Art Tamez

Castillo Sr.

Patrick Gorman

Colonel, 71st NY

Rick Dano

Colonel (Shafter's staff) (as Richard Dano)

Carlos Compean

Cuban rebel

Michael Greyeyes

Delchaney (Apache)

Julie Wilson

Mrs. Fish

Pablo Espinosa

Frederick Funston

Greg Krutilek

Admiral (at the White House)

Brady Coleman

General (Shafter's staff)

Brian Schmeck

Capt. Grimes

Robert Strane

Sen. Hanna

Jack Watkins

Harry Hefues

Bob Primeaux

Indian Bob

David Midthunder

Indian Tom Isbell

Mark Dalton

Kid at rail siding

Lonnie Rodriguez

Capt. Max Luna

Paul Menzel

Major

Will Wallace

Man #1 (delivers news to Hearst)

Rutherford Cravens

Man #2

Ted J. Crum

Old codger

Brian Brown

Man at San Antonio station

Todd Royal

Man

Buck Taylor

George Neville

Billy Driver

New Mexico man

Charles Sanders

Newsman

Michael A. Stephens

Opposing man

Adam Reid

Orderly

Wally Welch

Other New Mexico man

Jim Morse

Lt. James Parker

Marshall R. Teague

Young Black Jack Pershing

Stephen Bridgewater

Sgt. Polk

Curtis Akin

Quartermaster

John Barnett

Rough Rider (in jungle)

Tom Williams

Sergeant (Exhibition Hall)

Patrick Falci

Rough Rider (at campfire)

Rodger Boyce

Gen. Shafter

Louis Gusemano

Spaniard

Damon Collazo

Steward

Larry Randolph

Col. Swayles

Darin Heames

Lt. William Wheeler

Tiani Warden

Woman in stagecoach

Danny Kamin

Gen. Young (as Daniel Tucker Kamin)

Timberlake Lewis

British observer

Bob Hess

French observer

Julio Cedillo

Gen. Toral

Rupert Reyes

Gen. Toral's interpreter

Richard Reyes

Insurrectionist officer

Jake Cavelle

Other insurgent

Whit Edwards

Sergeant, 71st NY

Jamy Myatt

Fish's girl

Kristi Fleming

Wadsworth's girl

Ellen Locy

Kane's girl

Richard Nance

Cowhand

Peter Harrell Jr.

Buffalo sergeant

Raliegh Wilson

Saddlery sergeant

Oriana Huron

Castillo's girl

Deborah Nunez

Bordello lady

Lincoln Lageson

Hearst lackey

Chase Casson

Stagecoach passenger

Joaquin Jackson

Stagecoach passenger #2

Matt Hawrylak

Other stagecoach passenger

R.L. Tolbert

Stage Coach Driver

Jack Lilley

Stagecoach shotgun guard

Ruben Medina

Spaniard #5

Rebecca M. Valenzuela

Eli's wife

Grove E. Johnson

Other admiral

Freddie Joe Farnsworth

Sgt. Farnsworth

Royce Perkins

Bugler

William T. Lane

Rough Rider (as William Lane)

Marvin Schroeder

German Maxim gun advisor (as Marvin F. Schroeder)

Nathan Alvarado

Rough Rider (uncredited)

Robert Barge

Towns Person (uncredited)

Jesse P. Bernal

Soldier (uncredited)

Joe Bernier

Rough cowboy / gunfighter (uncredited)

Shane Alan Bowers

'G' Trooper (uncredited)

Alan C. Brooks

Spanish Artillery Officer; Rough Rider (uncredited)

Brett Carleton

Rough Rider (uncredited)

Russ Cox Jr.

Cavalry Captain (uncredited)

John S. Davies

Gen. Lawton (uncredited)

Mark Ebenhoch

Lieutenant (uncredited)

Todd Freeman

Cowboy (uncredited)

Gordon Frye

Rough Rider 1st Sgt. (uncredited)

Nancy Frye

Bardshar's nurse (uncredited)

Charles E. Gray

Spaniard (uncredited)

Kevin Kelly

Rough Rider (uncredited)

Kris Kidd

Rough Rider (uncredited)

Ray Melendez

Rough Rider (uncredited)

Brian Merrick

Hospital Orderly, G-Troop (uncredited)

Kenneth Miccio

Rough Rider (uncredited)

Lance Miccio

Brooklyn (uncredited)

Rene Munguia

Spaniard (uncredited)

Larry Porter

Rough Rider (uncredited)

Pat Ridley

Town Person (uncredited)

Martin Salisbury

Waylon Boggs (uncredited)

Joel Schechter

Rough Rider (uncredited)

Bruce Stewart

Soldier 71st NY. (uncredited)

Bill Strebler

Rough Rider, B Troop (uncredited)

Andie Ximenes

Spanish Soldier (uncredited)

Kevin R. Young

Hearst's Man (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The role of Teddy Roosevelt was offered to Stephen Lang. Lang gracefully declined due to the low salary.

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Besides being a feared and well-respected lawman, Bucky O'Neill had also been an Indian scout and the Mayor of Prescott, Arizona, as well as a self-educated, very well-read and multi-lingual man (speaking French, Spanish and several Indian languages). He and Roosevelt became fast friends and spent much of their time in the campaign discussing military history, Indian customs and classic European literature.

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Real casualties of the Rough Riders was 40% and many died from malaria, after the battle because the US would not let them back into the country, finally TR was able to get them back to Montauk New York in a quarantine camp. On the Library of Congress American Memory website, there are early Edison movies of them at the Montauk quarantine camp.

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Goofs

After Roosevelt's first encounter with the Spanish, he is walking away from the battle scene getting an update on who was wounded and killed. During this scene, on the bottom left corner you can see a boom mic enter and leave the picture.

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In the film, Edward Marshall is seriously wounded by Spanish artillery fire during the Battle of San Juan Hill. In reality, Marshall was wounded by a Spanish sniper at Las Guasimas, the first battle depicted in the film.

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General Wheeler did not have a son named William. Two of his sons served in the Spanish-American War: Joseph Jr., who served the fictional William's role as Wheeler's aide-de-camp, and Thomas, who drowned in an accident while serving on the USS Columbia.

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Quotes

Col. Leonard Wood: [examining an account of the Battle of Manila Bay] He was your appointment, was he not?

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Stephen Crane: You're wounded, sir.

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Theodore Roosevelt: If it were up to me, we'd drive every European flag from this Hemisphere at bayonet point!

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