Major Dundee

Major Dundee
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySam Peckinpah
Screenplay byHarry Julian Fink
Oscar Saul
Sam Peckinpah
Story byHarry Julian Fink
Produced byJerry Bresler
Starring
CinematographySam Leavitt
Edited byHoward Kunin
William A. Lyon
Donald W. Starling
Music byDaniele Amfitheatrof
Christopher Caliendo (2005)
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • March 16, 1965 (1965-03-16)
Running time
123 minutes
136 minutes (Producer's Cut)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4 million[1]
Box office$2.5 million (rentals)[2]

Major Dundee is a 1965 American Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Charlton Heston, Richard Harris, Jim Hutton, and James Coburn. Written by Harry Julian Fink, the film is about a Union cavalry officer who leads a contentious troop of Army regulars, Confederate prisoners, and Indian scouts on an expedition into Mexico during the American Civil War to destroy a band of Apaches who have been raiding United States bases and settlements in the New Mexico territory. Major Dundee was filmed in various locations in Mexico. The movie was filmed in Eastman Color by Pathécolor, print by Technicolor.

  1. ^ "Two US Films Roll in Mexico". Variety. February 12, 1964. p. 5.
  2. ^ This figure consists of anticipated rentals accruing distributors in North America. See "Top Grossers of 1965", Variety, January 5, 1966 p. 36

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