Santa Fe Trail Poster

Santa Fe Trail (1940)

NR 12/20/1940 Western 1h 50m
57%
User
Score
6.2/10
56%

Where the railroad and civilization ended, the Sante Fe Trail began!

Overview

As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are assigned to the 2nd Cavalry, stationed at Fort Leavenworth. While there they aid in the capture and execution of the abolitionist, John Brown following the Battle of Harper's Ferry.

Robert Buckner

Screenplay

Michael Curtiz

Director

Top Billed Cast

Errol Flynn

Errol Flynn

Jeb Stuart

Olivia de Havilland

Olivia de Havilland

Kit Carson Holliday

Raymond Massey

Raymond Massey

John Brown

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

George Custer

Alan Hale

Alan Hale

Tex Bell

William Lundigan

William Lundigan

Bob Holliday

Van Heflin

Van Heflin

Rader

Gene Reynolds

Gene Reynolds

Jason Brown

Henry O'Neill

Henry O'Neill

Cyrus Brody

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Media

Santa Fe Trail (1940) Original Trailer [FHD]

Santa Fe Trail (1940) Original Trailer [FHD]

Santa Fe Trail - Trailer

Santa Fe Trail - Trailer

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written on April 26, 2020

Errol, Ronnie and Olivia, directed by Curtiz.

This is based around the story of one Jeb Stuart, a Southern born gent who would go on to become one of the South's greatest cavalrymen during the American Civil War. We follow his romance with sweetheart Kit Carson Holliday, his friendship with George Armstrong Custer, and onto his battles with abolitionist John Brown.

Though it's mostly agreed these days that Santa Fe Trail has no great historical worth, it is however still a decent movie that boasts great drama, a sweet romance, and no little amount of action. Knowingly directed by the astute Michael Curtiz and featuring the acting of Errol Flynn (dashing as Stuart), Olivia de Havilland (gutsy as Carson), Ronald Reagan (solid as Custer), and Raymond Massey (acting overdrive as Brown),...

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written on June 23, 2022

First thing to do before you watch this star-studded tale, is to forget anything you might actually know about the history of the start of the US Civil war - that way, you can sit back and enjoy this adventure film in the spirit Mike Curtiz intended. Errol Flynn is Jeb Stewart and Ronnie Reagan is George Custer who both pass out from West Point and are assigned the difficult task of helping to thwart the gun-runners and insurrectionists led by Raymond Massey as "John Brown" who is determined to assert his rather racially enlightened strategy to free all the slaves in the United States, and no talking about it. There's a bit of a love story between Flynn and a very tomboyish looking Olivia de Havilland ("Kit"); a bit of subterfuge from Van Heflin as "Rader"; some strong support from Alan Ha...

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