Major Dundee

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Major Dundee is a 1965 Western war film directed by Sam Peckinpah, starring Charlton Heston as a Union officer leading a motley force into Mexico during the American Civil War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Western film
film
war film
basedOn short story by H. A. DeRosso
character Captain Benjamin Tyreen
Lieutenant Graham
Major Amos Charles Dundee
Samuel Potts
Teresa Santiago
cinematographyBy Sam Leavitt
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Sam Peckinpah
distributor Columbia Pictures
editedBy Michael Luciano
William A. Lyon
filmingLocation Durango, Mexico
genre Western
war
hasTheme conflict between military duty and personal obsession
tension between Union and Confederate soldiers
hasVersion 2005 extended cut
language English
musicBy Daniele Amfitheatrof
notableFor early example of Sam Peckinpah’s revisionist Western style
plotSummary A Union officer leads a mixed force of Union soldiers, Confederate prisoners, and civilians into Mexico to pursue Apache raiders during the American Civil War.
producer Jerry Bresler
productionCompany Columbia Pictures
publicationYear 1965
releaseDate 1965-03-15
runtime 123 minutes
screenwriter H. A. DeRosso
Oscar Saul
Sam Peckinpah
setInPeriod American Civil War
settingLocation Mexico
United States of America
surface form: United States
starring Ben Johnson
Brock Peters
Charlton Heston
James Coburn
Jim Hutton
L. Q. Jones
Mario Adorf
Michael Anderson Jr.
R. G. Armstrong
Richard Harris
Senta Berger
Slim Pickens
Warren Oates

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Warren Oates notableWork Major Dundee
Sam Peckinpah notableWork Major Dundee
Sam Peckinpah directed Major Dundee
Jim Hutton starredIn Major Dundee