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Santa Fe Trail

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

5.7(67)19401h 50m2

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.

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Released
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Language
English
  • fight
  • slavery
  • fanatic
  • betrayal
  • gun battle
  • west point
  • santa fe trail
  • abolitionist
  • western expansion
  • friends love same woman
  • railroad construction
  • fictionalized history

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereSanta Fe, New Mexico13 Dec 1940
    • Theatrical (limited)New York City, New York20 Dec 1940
    • TheatricalNR28 Dec 1940
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalPG28 Dec 1940
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical6 Sept 1947
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1616 Jul 1959
  • JapanJP

    • TheatricalR15+18 Oct 1948
  • MexicoMX

    • TheatricalB20 Dec 1940
  • NetherlandsNL

    • PhysicalDVD21 Jan 2005

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Santa Fe Trail was released on 20 December 1940.

Audience reviews

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  • J

    John Chard

    4/26/2020

    6/10

    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 San…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    6/23/2022

    6/10

    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 …

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