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Santa Fe Trail

  • 1940
  • Approved
  • 1h 50m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
4.7K
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Olivia de Havilland, Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan, and Raymond Massey in Santa Fe Trail (1940)
Trailer for this western
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51 Photos
Classical WesternDramaWarWestern

In 1854, Jeb Stuart, George Custer and other graduates from West Point are posted to Kansas to help pacify the territory before railroad construction to Santa Fe can resume.In 1854, Jeb Stuart, George Custer and other graduates from West Point are posted to Kansas to help pacify the territory before railroad construction to Santa Fe can resume.In 1854, Jeb Stuart, George Custer and other graduates from West Point are posted to Kansas to help pacify the territory before railroad construction to Santa Fe can resume.

  • Director
    • Michael Curtiz
  • Writer
    • Robert Buckner
  • Stars
    • Errol Flynn
    • Olivia de Havilland
    • Raymond Massey
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.2/10
    4.7K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Michael Curtiz
    • Writer
      • Robert Buckner
    • Stars
      • Errol Flynn
      • Olivia de Havilland
      • Raymond Massey
    • 109User reviews
    • 31Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 wins total

    Videos1

    Santa Fe Trail
    Trailer 2:13
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    Photos51

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    Top Cast81

    Errol Flynn
    Errol Flynn
    • Jeb Stuart
    Olivia de Havilland
    Olivia de Havilland
    • 'Kit Carson' Holliday
    • (as Olivia De Havilland)
    Raymond Massey
    Raymond Massey
    • John Brown
    Ronald Reagan
    Ronald Reagan
    • George Armstrong 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 Holliday
    Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
    Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
    • Windy Brody
    Alan Baxter
    Alan Baxter
    • Oliver Brown
    John Litel
    John Litel
    • Martin
    Moroni Olsen
    Moroni Olsen
    • Robert E. Lee
    David Bruce
    David Bruce
    • Phil Sheridan
    Hobart Cavanaugh
    Hobart Cavanaugh
    • Barber Doyle
    Charles D. Brown
    • Maj. Sumner
    Joe Sawyer
    Joe Sawyer
    • Kitzmiller
    Frank Wilcox
    Frank Wilcox
    • James Longstreet
    • Director
      • Michael Curtiz
    • Writer
      • Robert Buckner
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    Storyline

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      The seventh of nine movies made together by Warner Brothers' romantic couple Olivia de Havilland and Errol Flynn.
    • Goofs
      The film plays fast and loose with the facts, most noticeably, the other officers who graduate at West Point with J.E.B. Stuart in 1854: James Longstreet (1842), George Pickett (1846), Philip Sheridan (1853), John Hood (1853), and George Custer (1861).
    • Quotes
      • Kit Carson Holliday: Jeb, I'm frightened. That boy is crippled for life. And that man on the train, he died for a principle. A man killed for a principle. One of them is wrong, but which one?
      • James Ewell Brown 'Jeb' Stuart: Who knows the answer to that, Kit. Everybody in America is trying to decide.
      • Kit Carson Holliday: Yes, by words from the East, and by guns from the West. But one day, the words will turn into guns.
    • Crazy credits
      Opening card: "1854, THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY, WEST POINT When the gray cradle of the American Army was only a small garrison with few cadets, but under a brilliant Commandant, named Robert E. Lee it was already building for the defense of a newly-won nation in a new world."
    • Alternate versions
      The DVD version released in Brazil by Aspen Editora Ltda. (Revista Digital Showtime Clássicos collection) runs 114 minutes.
    • Connections
      Featured in Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler (1983)
    • Soundtracks
      The Battle Hymn of the Republic
      (uncredited)
      Music by William Steffe (circa 1856)
      Played during the opening credits
      Variations played as background music often

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    Details

    • Release date
      • December 28, 1940 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Watch in Pave TV
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Diary of the Santa Fe
    • Filming locations
      • Lasky Mesa, West Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Warner Bros.
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    Box office

    • Budget
      • $1,000,000 (estimated)
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 50m(110 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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