

Major Dundee
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $3.8M
- Box office
- $14.9K
- Language
- EN
- mexico
- prisoner of war
- apache nation
- raid
- confederate
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereNew York City, New York, director's cut16 Mar 1965
- Theatrical (limited)PG-13New York City, New York7 Apr 1965
- Theatrical (limited)New York City, New York, extended version8 Apr 2005
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical20 Jun 1965
AustraliaAU
- PhysicalDVD20 Sept 2005
CanadaCA
- PhysicalBlu-ray8 Feb 2022
CzechiaCZ
- PremiereKarlovy Vary International Film Festival1 Jul 2005
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical15 Mar 1965
FinlandFI
- Theatrical16 Apr 1965
FranceFR
- TheatricalTP14 Apr 1965
- PhysicalDVD24 Aug 2005
- TheatricalRe-release28 Dec 2005
- TheatricalRe-release30 Sept 2015
- PhysicalBlu-Ray (Uncensored)3 May 2023
GermanyDE
- Theatrical12West Germany17 Apr 1965
- TVWest Germany30 Apr 1975
GreeceGR
- PremierePanorama of European Cinema15 Oct 2006
IrelandIE
- Theatrical1217 Sept 1965
ItalyIT
- Theatrical15 Apr 1965
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Major Dundee was released on 15 March 1965.
Audience reviews
3- J8/10
John Chard
5/28/2017
What could have been gives way to an enjoyable curio piece. Originally intended as a searing epic by director Sam Peckinpah, Major Dundee was taken away from his guiding hands post production and edited into an almost incoherent mess. Here in the new millennium we are able to see a restoration of the film with added scenes that gives the film are more cohesive structure, and yes it improves the film ten fold becau…
- W7/10
Wuchak
2/4/2019
***Harsh, dense Peckinpah Western with Charlton Heston, Richard Harris and James Coburn*** A disgraced Major (Charlton Heston) guilty of making a tactical error at Gettysburg is assigned to command a dull P.O.W. camp in the New Mexican Territory. After some ranchers and a cavalry unit are massacred, the glory-seeking Dundee (Heston) seizes the opportunity by illegally crossing into Mexico to wipe out the Native r…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
9/5/2024
There were quite a few westerns made that featured famous actors - one in blue, the other in grey, having to work together after the end of the American Civil war. This one pitches Charlton Heston as the eponymous leader of a troop tasked with bringing to heel some Apache who are raiding from Mexico. When I say troop, I really mean a disparate bunch of ill-disciplined ne'er-do-wells, and only the strength of characte…
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