Fresh
No true Peckinpah-lover should pass it by.
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
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.
Director and cast
- Sam Peckinpah Director
- Charlton Heston as Major Amos Charles Dundee
- Richard Harris as Captain Benjamin Tyreen
- Jim Hutton as Lieutenant Graham
- James Coburn as Samuel Potts
- Michael Anderson Jr. as Trooper Tim Ryan
- Senta Berger as Teresa Santiago
- Mario Adorf as Sergeant Gomez
- Brock Peters as Aesop
- Warren Oates as O.W. Hadley
- Ben Johnson as Sergeant Chillum
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
97%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Sam Peckinpah's crippled film plays best as a dry run for The Wild Bunch.
Glenn Abel, Hollywood Reporter
Fresh
Giddy-up, Western lovers. This one is worth the return engagement.
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News
Fresh
It's one of those flawed, fascinating films that are somehow more intriguing than many a smooth-cheeked blockbuster.
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Fresh
Major Dundee, not a great movie but a great star-driven, big budget 1965 studio western, is back in all its fractured glory and confidence.
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
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