Major Dundee (1965)
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $3,800,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $14,873.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 0.7486 |
Directed By
Sam Peckinpah
Crew
Ben Lane
Larry Butterworth
Tom Dawson
Howard Kunin
Sam Leavitt
Jerry Bresler
Daniele Amfitheatrof
Sam Peckinpah
Donald W. Starling
Harry Julian Fink
Alfred Ybarra
Sam Peckinpah
Oscar Saul
Harry Julian Fink
William A. Lyon
Cliff Lyons
Richard Farnsworth
Joe Canutt
Jerry Brown
Jack Williams
Walt La Rue
Chuck Hayward
Cliff Lyons
James Z. Flaster
Roy N. Sickner
Charles J. Rice
Rafael Ruiz Esparza
Augie Lohman
Jerry Gatlin
Carl Pitti
Jim Sheppard
John Veitch
Archie Butler
Philip Crawford
Henry Wills
Floyd Joyer
Robert "Buzz" Henry
Hal Needham
Buddy Van Horn
Whitey Hughes
Bob Herron
Bill Catching
James Saper
TOP CAST
Charlton Heston
Major Amos Charles Dundee
Richard Harris
Captain Benjamin Tyreen
Jim Hutton
Lieutenant Graham
James Coburn
Samuel Potts
Michael Anderson Jr.
Trooper Tim Ryan
Senta Berger
Teresa Santiago
Mario Adorf
Sergeant Gomez
Brock Peters
Aesop
Warren Oates
O.W. Hadley
Ben Johnson
Sergeant Chillum
R.G. Armstrong
Reverend Dahlstrom
L.Q. Jones
Arthur Hadley
Slim Pickens
Wiley
Karl Swenson
Captain Waller
Michael Pate
Sierra Charriba
John Davis Chandler
Jimmy Lee Benteen
Dub Taylor
Priam
Albert Carrier
Captain Jacques Tremaine
José Carlos Ruiz
Riago
Aurora Clavel
Melinche
Begoña Palacios
Linda
Enrique Lucero
Doctor Aguilar
Francisco Reiguera
Old Apache
Whitey Hughes
Confederate Trooper (uncredited)
Cliff Lyons
Trooper (uncredited)
Jody McCrea
Lt. Brannin (uncredited)
Marvin Miller
Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Rockne Tarkington
Jefferson (uncredited)
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