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Major Dundee ()

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In 1864, due to frequent Apache raids from Mexico into the U.S., a Union officer decides to illegally cross the border and destroy the Apache, using a mixed army of Union troops, Confederate POWs, civilian mercenaries, and scouts.
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Major Amos Charles Dundee
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Captain Benjamin Tyreen
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Lieutenant Graham
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Samuel Potts
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Tim Ryan
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Teresa Santiago
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Sergeant Gomez
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Aesop
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O. W. Hadley
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Sergeant Chillum
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Reverend Dahlstrom
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Arthur Hadley
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Wiley
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Captain Waller
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Sierra Charriba
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Jimmy Lee Benteen
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Priam
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Captain Jacques Tremaine
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Riago (as Jose Carlos Ruiz)
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Melinche (as Aurora Clavell)
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Linda (as Begonia Palacios)
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Doctor Aguilar
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Old Apache (as Francisco Reyguera)
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Confederate Trooper (uncredited)
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Trooper (uncredited)
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Lt. Brannin (uncredited)
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Opening Narrator (uncredited) (voice)
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Jefferson (uncredited)

Directed by

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Sam Peckinpah

Written by

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Harry Julian Fink ... (story by)
 
Harry Julian Fink ... (screenplay by) &
Oscar Saul ... (screenplay by) and
Sam Peckinpah ... (screenplay by)

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Jerry Bresler ... producer (produced by)

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Daniele Amfitheatrof
Christopher Caliendo

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Sam Leavitt ... director of photography

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Howard Kunin
William A. Lyon ... (as William A.Lyon)
Donald W. Starling ... (as Don Starling)

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Alfred Ybarra ... (as Al Ybarra)

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Tom Dawson ... (costumes)

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Larry Butterworth ... makeup artist
Ben Lane ... makeup artist

Production Management

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Francisco Day ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Floyd Joyer ... assistant director
Cliff Lyons ... second unit director
John Veitch ... assistant director

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Joe LaBella ... property master (as Joe La Bella)

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James Z. Flaster ... sound
Charles J. Rice ... sound supervisor
Rafael Ruiz Esparza ... sound (uncredited)

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Augie Lohman ... special effects (as August Lohman)

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Jerry Brown ... stunts (uncredited)
Archie Butler ... stunt coordinator (uncredited)
Joe Canutt ... stunts (uncredited)
Bill Catching ... stunts (uncredited)
Philip Crawford ... stunts (uncredited)
Richard Farnsworth ... stunts (uncredited)
Jerry Gatlin ... stunts (uncredited)
Chuck Hayward ... stunts (uncredited)
Robert 'Buzz' Henry ... stunts (uncredited)
Bob Herron ... stunts (uncredited)
Whitey Hughes ... stunts (uncredited)
Leroy Johnson ... stunts (uncredited)
Walt La Rue ... stunts (uncredited)
Cliff Lyons ... stunts (uncredited)
Hal Needham ... stunts (uncredited)
Carl Pitti ... stunts (uncredited)
Jim Sheppard ... stunts (uncredited)
Roy N. Sickner ... stunts (uncredited)
Buddy Van Horn ... stunts (uncredited)
Jack Williams ... stunts (uncredited)
Henry Wills ... stunt coordinator (uncredited)

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James Saper ... assistant camera (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Gordon T. Dawson ... set costumer (uncredited)

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Leonid Raab ... orchestrator (uncredited)
David Tamkin ... orchestrator (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Rick Rosenberg ... assistant to producer
'Chema' Hernandez ... head wrangler: Mexico (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

During the last winter of the Civil War, cavalry officer Amos Dundee leads a contentious troop of Army regulars, Confederate prisoners and scouts on an expedition into Mexico to destroy a band of Apaches who have been raiding U.S. bases in Texas. Written by scgary66

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Taglines THE EPIC STORY OF THE GREAT SOUTH-WEST ! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Mayor Dundee (Spain)
  • Juramento de venganza (Argentina)
  • Майор Данди (Russia)
  • Dandî shôsa (Japan)
  • Mayor Dundee (Venezuela)
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  • 123 min
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Budget $3,800,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend United States $3,520, 10 Apr 2005

Did You Know?

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Trivia Shooting was ended early by studio executives, in the interest of controlling costs, before some important scenes were filmed. Charlton Heston offered to return his entire salary if the studio would agree to film the opening scene, the massacre of soldiers and civilians by the Apaches-, and some re-shoots. The studio kept Heston's paycheck, but never shot the footage he asked for. See more »
Goofs In the final battle, the French lancers signal their charge with an American bugle call. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron (1993). See more »
Soundtracks Major Dundee March See more »
Crazy Credits Opening credits prologue: 1864 JOURNAL 1865 Foreward In the territory of New Mexico, toward the end of the Civil War, an Indian Sierra Charriba, and his 47 Apache warriors raided, sacked, and looted an area almost three times the size of Texas. On October 31, 1864, an entire company of the 5th United States Cavalry sent out from Fort Benlin to destroy him, was ambushed and massacred at the Rostes ranch. We are indebted to Timothy Ryan, bugler 5th United States Cavalry, the company's sole survivor, for his diary, the only existing record of this tragedy and the campaign that followed. See more »
Quotes Maj. Amos Dundee: Name?
Rev. Dahlstrom: Dahlstrom. Any man who has a just cause should travel with the word of God.
Maj. Amos Dundee: With all due respect, God has nothing to do with it. I intend to smite the wicked, not save the Heathen.
Rev. Dahlstrom: Seventeen years ago I married John and Mary Rostes. Those who destroyeth my flock, shall so be destroyed.
Maj. Amos Dundee: [smiles] Reverend.
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