---
title: 'Major Dundee (1965)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Sam Peckinpah'
released: '1965-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 137
genres:
  - 'Western'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/major-dundee-1965'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059418/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Major Dundee (1965)

1965 · 137 min · Western, War · United States


## Synopsis

Major Dundee is a 1965 American Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Harry Julian Fink and Oscar Saul. It stars Charlton Heston, Richard Harris, Jim Hutton, James Coburn, Michael Anderson Jr., Mario Adorf, Brock Peters, and Senta Berger. 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Sam Peckinpah](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-peckinpah)
- **Screenplay:** [Sam Peckinpah](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-peckinpah), [Harry Julian Fink](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-julian-fink), [Oscar Saul](https://cinepixo.com/people/oscar-saul)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Daniele Amfitheatrof](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniele-amfitheatrof)
- **Producer:** [Jerry Bresler](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerry-bresler)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sam Leavitt](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-leavitt)
- **Editor:** [William Lyon](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-lyon)

## Cast

- [L. Q. Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/l-q-jones)
- [Enrique Lucero](https://cinepixo.com/people/enrique-lucero)
- [Charlton Heston](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlton-heston)
- [Michael Anderson, Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-anderson-jr)
- [James Coburn](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-coburn)
- [Francisco Reiguera](https://cinepixo.com/people/francisco-reiguera)
- [John Davis Chandler](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-davis-chandler)
- [Slim Pickens](https://cinepixo.com/people/slim-pickens)
- [Ben Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-johnson)
- [Jim Hutton](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-hutton)
- [Aurora Clavel](https://cinepixo.com/people/aurora-clavel)
- [Michael Pate](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-pate)
- [Karl Swenson](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-swenson)
- [Richard Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-harris)
- [Mario Adorf](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-adorf)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/major-dundee-1965
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