Major Dundee (1965) | |
| Director(s) | Sam Peckinpah |
| Producer(s) | Jerry Bresler |
| Top Genres | Adventure, Drama, War, Western |
| Top Topics | Civil War |
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Major Dundee (1965) was a Adventure - War Film directed by Sam Peckinpah and produced by Jerry Bresler.
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Major Dundee (1965)
By Beatrice on Nov 18, 2018 From Flickers in TimeMajor Dundee Directed by Sam Peckinpah Written by Harry Julian Fink, Oscar Saul and Sam Peckinpah 1965/USA Jerry Bresler Productions First viewing/Netflix rental Sam Peckinpah’s first major directing credit didn’t grab me. The film is set in the last months of the Civil War near the Te... Read full article
Major Dundee (1965) – Father’s Day Gift Guide
on May 21, 2013 From Journeys in Classic FilmTwilight Time is ambitious for putting out a critically excoriated (at the time) Sam Peckinpah film, but they have and I applaud the effort.? While I didn’t adore Major Dundee, and it wears its problems sewn into its sleeve, there’s something to admire in its scope and tenacity.? Contain... Read full article
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Samuel Potts:
I am Samuel Potts, I bring complements of Major Amos Dundee, regular, United States cavalry. You have five minutes to surrender your troops and your stores before he cuts loose.
Capt. Jacques Tremaine: [putting on his dress coat as he speaks] He would not dare. This is a horrendous violation of international law, and an unprovoked confrontation with a friendly power...
Samuel Potts: Sonny, the Major ain't no lawyer. And you've now got *four* minutes.
Teresa Santiago: [on Tyreen] He seems a very fanciful man.
Maj. Amos Dundee: He is corrupt. But I will save him.
Sgt. Gomez: [as the survivor's command emerges from the river] All present and accounted for, sir.
Maj. Amos Dundee: Lieutenant Graham.
Lt. Graham: Yes, sir?
Maj. Amos Dundee: Column of twos.
Lt. Graham: Column of twos!
Maj. Amos Dundee: [to Ryan] Play us a tune, son.
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Capt. Jacques Tremaine: [putting on his dress coat as he speaks] He would not dare. This is a horrendous violation of international law, and an unprovoked confrontation with a friendly power...
Samuel Potts: Sonny, the Major ain't no lawyer. And you've now got *four* minutes.
Teresa Santiago: [on Tyreen] He seems a very fanciful man.
Maj. Amos Dundee: He is corrupt. But I will save him.
Sgt. Gomez: [as the survivor's command emerges from the river] All present and accounted for, sir.
Maj. Amos Dundee: Lieutenant Graham.
Lt. Graham: Yes, sir?
Maj. Amos Dundee: Column of twos.
Lt. Graham: Column of twos!
Maj. Amos Dundee: [to Ryan] Play us a tune, son.
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Facts about
During the filming of this movie, Sam Peckinpah was so obnoxious and abusive towards his actors that Charlton Heston physically threatened the director with a sabre. Heston later remarked that this was the only time he had ever threatened anybody on a movie set.
Sam Peckinpah originally wanted Lucien Ballard, with whom he had had a good working relationship on Ride the High Country, as the director of photography, but producer Jerry Bresler refused the request, making him work with Sam Leavitt, whose credits included Diamond Head, a previous Bresler production, and Cape Fear. Although Leavitt did get along fairly well with Peckinpah, this was the first sign of tension between the director and the producer.
Woody Strode was considered for the part that went to Brock Peters. Strode was part Native American and he wrote in his memoirs that he didn't get the part because he was told by Sam Peckinpah that he looked too much "like a half-breed" to play the part.
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Sam Peckinpah originally wanted Lucien Ballard, with whom he had had a good working relationship on Ride the High Country, as the director of photography, but producer Jerry Bresler refused the request, making him work with Sam Leavitt, whose credits included Diamond Head, a previous Bresler production, and Cape Fear. Although Leavitt did get along fairly well with Peckinpah, this was the first sign of tension between the director and the producer.
Woody Strode was considered for the part that went to Brock Peters. Strode was part Native American and he wrote in his memoirs that he didn't get the part because he was told by Sam Peckinpah that he looked too much "like a half-breed" to play the part.
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