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Major Dundee

Year:

1965

Duration:

123 min | 136 min (2005 restored version) | Spain:117 min | USA:152 min (unreleased director's cut)

Genres:

Adventure | War | Western

IMDB rate:

6.8

Director:

Sam Peckinpah

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1965-03-15

Filming Locations: Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Mexico

Earnings

Budget: $3,800,000

Opening Weekend: $3,520 (USA) (10 April 2005)

Gross: $14,873 (USA) (17 April 2005)

Cast

Actor

Character

Rockne Tarkington

Charlton Heston

Major Amos Charles Dundee

Richard Harris

Captain Benjamin Tyreen

Jim Hutton

Lieutenant Graham

James Coburn

Samuel Potts

Michael Anderson Jr.

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 (as R. G. Armstrong)

L.Q. Jones

Arthur Hadley (as L. Q. Jones)

Slim Pickens

Wiley

Karl Swenson

Captain Waller

Michael Pate

Sierra Charriba

John Davis Chandler

Jimmy Lee Benteen

Dub Taylor

Priam

Albert Carrier

Captain Jacques Tremaine

José Carlos Ruiz

Riago (as Jose Carlos Ruiz)

Aurora Clavel

Melinche (as Aurora Clavell)

Begoña Palacios

Linda (as Begonia Palacios)

Enrique Lucero

Doctor Aguilar

Francisco Reiguera

Old Apache (as Francisco Reyguera)

Whitey Hughes

Confederate Trooper (uncredited)

Cliff Lyons

(uncredited)

Jody McCrea

Lt. Brannin (uncredited)

Marvin Miller

Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Dennis Patrick

(uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

L.Q. Jones narrates the trailer for the re-release of the extended version.

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The script was originally written with John Ford in mind to direct. However, but Ford was busy working on Cheyenne Autumn (1964) and, in any case, wasn't interested.

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Lee Marvin was Sam Peckinpah's initial choice for the role of Samuel Potts, but he wanted too much money. Marvin's agent suggested James Coburn for the part, and Coburn ultimately got the role.

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Goofs

In the final battle, Captain Tremaine is struck by Tyreen and falls from his horse into the river, but in the very next shot he is back in the saddle.

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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.

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When Ryan and Linda are talking to Tyreen and Dundee in the village, she has a bright red shawl wrapped completely round her, But in the shot as she and Ryan walk away, the shawl has dropped off her shoulders and is held around her upper arms.

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Quotes

Sgt. Gomez: [after Dahlstrom gets into a fight with Benteen, the Confederate soldiers stand up with knives drawn] You Southern trash, sit down!

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Maj. Amos Dundee: [after the Apache ambush] How did they know?

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Benjamin Priam: [to Ryan, on his wound] Don't worry son - it ain't near your heart!

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