| Major Dundee | |
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| Directed by | Sam Peckinpah |
| Screenplay by | Harry Julian Fink Oscar Saul Sam Peckinpah |
| Story by | Harry Julian Fink |
| Produced by | Jerry Bresler |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Sam Leavitt |
| Edited by | Howard Kunin William A. Lyon Donald W. Starling |
| Music by | Daniele Amfitheatrof Christopher Caliendo (2005) |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $4 million[1] or $4.5 million[2] |
| Box office | $2.5 million (rentals)[3] |
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.
Major Dundee became notorious for its difficult shoot and post production, which saw the movie greatly cut from Peckinpah's original vision. He later called the film "“was one of the most painful things that ever happened in my life."[4]
- ^ "Two US Films Roll in Mexico". Variety. February 12, 1964. p. 5.
- ^ Weddle p 244
- ^ This figure consists of anticipated rentals accruing distributors in North America. See "Top Grossers of 1965", Variety, January 5, 1966 p. 36
- ^ Weddle p 253