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Rating: 7 stars

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arrow films extended cut new mexico territory texas Mexico apache native americans raid pursuit ego allegory rio grande 1860s civil war

All movies seen on 08/05/2021

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Major Dundee (1965)

Directed by Sam Peckinpah

Western | War | Drama

Overview

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.

Rated PG-13 | Length 125 minutes

Actors

Charlton Heston | Richard Harris | Jim Hutton | James Coburn | Michael Anderson Jr. | Senta Berger | Mario Adorf | Brock Peters | Warren Oates | Ben Johnson | R.G. Armstrong | L.Q. Jones | Slim Pickens | Karl Swenson | Michael Pate | John Davis Chandler | Dub Taylor | Albert Carrier | José Carlos Ruiz | Aurora Clavel | Begoña Palacios | Enrique Lucero | Francisco Reiguera | Whitey Hughes | Cliff Lyons | Jody McCrea | Marvin Miller | Rockne Tarkington

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

I watched the extended cut which clocks in at 126 minutes, from the two disc Arrow Films set. You can almost feel a better movie straining to get out and it just never quite gets there. The ending is abrupt and a let down after all that build up.

Still, it does more than hint at the Peckinpah to come. The on-location cinematography is great and the cast is a who’s-who of stars and gritty character actors. Such a great lineup but many of them just aren’t given the time to fully shine.

Harris steals the show but Heston holds his own for the most part. Coburn’s character has potential but it feels like there were other scenes with him that were cut out. Jim Hutton is great. I was trying to place him for most of the movie and finally realized he was in THE GREEN BERETS with John Wayne.

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