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Release Date:
28 December 1940 (USA) moreTagline:
A Magnficent Portrayal of a Thrilling Era ! morePlot:
The story of Jeb Stuart, his romance with Kit Carson Holliday, friendship with George Custer and battles... more | full synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Solid. First rate western. moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Errol Flynn | ... | Jeb Stuart | |
| Olivia de Havilland | ... | Kit Carson Holliday | |
| Raymond Massey | ... | John Brown | |
| Ronald Reagan | ... | George Armstrong Custer | |
| Alan Hale | ... | Tex Bell | |
| William Lundigan | ... | Bob Holliday | |
| Van Heflin | ... | Carl Rader | |
| Gene Reynolds | ... | Jason Brown | |
| Henry O'Neill | ... | Cyrus K. Holliday | |
| Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams | ... | Windy Brody | |
| Alan Baxter | ... | Oliver Brown | |
| John Litel | ... | Martin | |
| Moroni Olsen | ... | Colonel Robert E. Lee | |
| David Bruce | ... | Phil Sheridan | |
| Hobart Cavanaugh | ... | Doyle |
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110 minCountry:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)Certification:
Australia:G | UK:A (original rating) | UK:U (re-rating) (1986) | Iceland:12 | USA:Approved (PCA #6559) | Finland:K-16 | Germany:16 | Sweden:15Fun Stuff
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Raymond Massey starred as John Brown again in Seven Angry Men (1955), the main story of which is also the trial and hanging of the abolitionist. moreGoofs:
Factual errors: J.E.B. Stuart's wife was named Flora Cooke, not Kit Carson Holliday. moreQuotes:
John Brown: I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land can never be purged away but with blood. Aye, let them hang me. I forgive them, and may God forgive them for they know not what they do! moreSoundtrack:
Along the Santa Fe Trail moreFAQ
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The two stars of this film, Ronald Reagan and Errol Flynn show an easy grace, a comfort before the camera, and an abundance of charm. They're both good actors, though not great. Flynn of course, with his English accent, seems slightly out of place as southerner JEB stuart, and Reagan isn't quite as boisterous as one might expect a Custer to be. But then, this is not an historical movie--it's a basic western. As an early buddy flick, Custer and Stuart have a good rapport, and Olivia De Havilland has the camera in love with her most of the movie.
The movie is full of familiar faces, among them Alan Hale and Raymond Massey. The latter is a dead ringer for John Brown and puts in a great performance as the unhinged radical. The plot is a little more interesting than the usual white hat-black hat western, with John Brown on his raids in Kansas and Virginia.
Still this movie is largely fiction--which is too bad since John Brown, a clearly unbalanced religious fanatic, is an interesting case study in early American terrorism; and which brings up issues related to the level of violence that is acceptable in fighting something one considers evil. But again, this is a western, and political and social issues are largely absent--I think the deepest point the movie makes is that Custer and Stuart were brash young officers out to make names for themselves. Which they both did.
A good solid western, not in the "great" category with "High Noon" and "Fort Apache", but certainly first rate.