Santa Fe Trail

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Santa Fe Trail

1940,

1h 50m,

Western

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After graduating from West Point, Jeb Stuart and George Custer are both stationed at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas. Once there, they find that the violent abolitionist John Brown has laid waste to the state, killing anyone who gets in the way of his anti-slavery crusade. While the duo must work together to battle the murderous revolutionary, they also come to blows over their competing love for Kit Carson Holliday.

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Danielle Solzman

Solzy at the Movies

Mar 14, 2023

1/5

It's understandable why Warner Bros. might have seen the onset of the Civil War in Santa Fe Trail as a way to comment on WWII but it only comes off as an epic fail.

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Ellie Lucas

From the Front Row

Nov 29, 2021

1.5/4

Disregarding the film's egregious reframing of history, Santa Fe Trail is one of Curtiz's blandest and most pedestrian films - competently structured but otherwise unremarkable considering the high points of his career.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Oct 2, 2021

2/4

What really sinks this one is its standing as a racist document only slightly less offensive than D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation.

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Elena de la Torre

Cine-Mundial

Sep 17, 2019

The film is notable because it presents a character and an episode of the American life that is still unknown for many. [Full review in Spanish]

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Jose Maria Santos

Cine-Mundial

Sep 11, 2019

An enormously interesting movie due to the realism with which it was directed and acted. [Full Review in Spanish]

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Louis Proyect

rec.arts.movies.reviews

Apr 10, 2012

Racist and reactionary tripe whose closest relative is "Gone with the Wind".

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Han L

Feb 17, 2008

Though an old black and white, I really enjoyed this movie. Fun. Neat classy old actors. 130919: Still loved it. Funny thing is, I read all these critic reviews below and find comments about accuracy etc. Weird. I don't watch most movies for historical accuracy. I watch for entertainment of which this film provides a great deal. Inspired me look up information on John Brown.

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Michael Curtiz

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Errol Flynn

Jeb Stuart

Olivia de Havilland

"Kit Carson" Holliday

Raymond Massey

John Brown

Ronald Reagan

George Custer

Alan Hale

Tex Bell

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Synopsis

After graduating from West Point, Jeb Stuart and George Custer are both stationed at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas. Once there, they find that the violent abolitionist John Brown has laid waste to the state, killing anyone who gets in the way of his anti-slavery crusade. While the duo must work together to battle the murderous revolutionary, they also come to blows over their competing love for Kit Carson Holliday.

Director: Michael Curtiz
Screenwriter: Robert Buckner
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Production Co: Warner Bros.
Genre: Western
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 28, 1940, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 1, 2009
Runtime: 1h 50m

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