Major Dundee

Name: Major Dundee
Released: 1965-3-16
Cast: Richard Harris, Charlton Heston, Jim Hutton, James Coburn, Warren Oates

Major Dundee

PG-13
2h 16m
1965

97%

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An offbeat western adventure film about a Union officer in charge of a jail in the Southwest. Renegade Apaches attack an Army outpost, killing everyone and the officer leads an expedition against them. The prisoners become part of the Union troops.

Director:

Sam Peckinpah

Writer:

Sam Peckinpah, Harry Julian Fink, Oscar Saul

Cast:

Richard Harris, Charlton Heston, Jim Hutton, James Coburn, Warren Oates, Slim Pickens

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

97%

Critics Consensus: Major Dundee is a Western-type with big war scenes, shot with bombast typical of Sam Peckinpah.

Reviews

Times (UK)

Kevin Maher

What makes the film... is the young and swaggering Richard Harris as the Irish immigrant and disaffected conscript Benjamin Tyreen.

One of the messiest masterpieces in American cinema.

The various conflicts between characters, cultures, and races drive the picture.

Despite the cuts which thin out the final stages of the story, and despite a flabby performance from Richard Harris which very nearly destroys the balance, the film is a fascinating study in the swing of a pendulum.

So far these might seem familiar conventions, familiar characters. But wait.

March 11, 2020

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