Santa Fe Trail (1940)
Release Date: Jan 1, 1940 Wide
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Santa Fe Trail, Errol Flynn's third western, has precisely nothing to do with the titular trail. Instead, the film is a simplistic retelling of the John Brown legend, with Raymond Massey playing the famed abolitionist. The events leading up to the bloody confrontation between Brown and the US Army at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, are treated in a painstakingly even-handed fashion: Brown's desire to free the slaves is "right" but his methods are "wrong." Whenever the leading characters are asked
Jan 1, 1940 Wide
Feb 10, 1999
Cast
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Errol Flynn
Jeb Stuart -
Olivia de Havilland
Kit Carson Halliday -
Raymond Massey
John Brown -
Ronald Reagan
George Armstrong Custer -
Alan Hale
Tex Bell -
Van Heflin
Rader -
William Lundigan
Bob Holliday -
Ward Bond
Townley -
Gene Reynolds
Jason Brown -
Henry O'Neill
Cyrus Holliday -
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Windy Brody -
Alan Baxter
Oliver Brown -
John Litel
Martin -
Moroni Olsen
Robert E. Lee -
David Bruce
Phil Sheridan -
Hobart Cavanaugh
Barber Doyle -
Charles D. Brown
Maj. Sumner -
Joe Sawyer
Kitzmiller -
Frank Wilcox
James Longstreet -
Russell Simpson
Shoubel Morgan -
Charles B. Middleton
Gentry -
Erville Alderson
Jefferson Davis -
Spencer Charters
Conductor -
Suzanne Carnahan
Charlotte -
William Marshall
George Pickett -
George Haywood
John Hood -
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Jess Lee Brooks
Doorman -
Georgia Caine
Officer's Wife -
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Lane Chandler
Adjutant -
Cliff Clark
Instructor -
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Mildred Coles
Girl -
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Mildred Gover
Woman -
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Creighton Hale
Telegraph Operator -
Theresa Harris
Maid -
Edward Hearn
Guard -
Louis Jean Heydt
Farmer -
Russell Hicks
J. Boyce Russell -
William Hopper
Officer -
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Victor Kilian
Dispatch Rider -
Wilfred Lucas
Weiner -
Frank Mayo
Bit -
Lafe [Lafayette] McKee
Minister -
Mira McKinney
Woman -
Jack Mower
Surveyor -
Nestor Paiva
Agitator -
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Susan Peters
Charlotte Davis -
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Addison Richards
Sheriff -
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Grace Stafford
Farmer's Wife -
Harry Strang
Sergeant -
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Emmett Vogan
Lieutenant -
Eddy Waller
Man -
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Henry Hall
Abolitionist -
Richard Kipling
Army Doctor -
Napoleon Simpson
Samson
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Racist and reactionary tripe whose closest relative is "Gone with the Wind".
Rousing John Brown story is really worth it with Reagan and Flynn.
Revels in its inaccuracies.
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Foreign Titles
- Santa Fe Trail (1940) (DE)
- Santa Fe Trail (1940) (UK)
