Major Dundee [videorecording] / Columbia Pictures Corporation presents a Jerry Bresler production ; director of photography, Sam Leavitt ; story by Harry Julian Fink ; screenplay by Harry Julian Fink, Oscar Saul and Sam Peckinpah ; produced by Jerry Bresler ; directed by Sam Peckinpah.
Charlton Heston, Richard Harris, Jim Hutton, James Coburn, Michael Anderson, Jr., Mario Adort, Brock Peters, Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, L.Q. Jones, Karl Swenson, John Davis Chandler, Begonia Palacios, Albert Carrier, R.G. Armstrong, Slim Pickens, Michael Pate, Dub Taylor, Aurora Clavell, Jose Carlos Ruiz, Senta Berger. Originally issued as a motion picture in 1964. Filmed on location in Mexico. Option between playing movie with new score in 5.1 or with original score in mono. Special features: commentary by Peckinpah, historians Nick Redman, Paul Seydor, Garner Simmons and David Weddle; extended excerpt from Mike Siegel's "Passion and Poetry'; "Riding for a fall' vintage featurette; incomplete deleted scene, "Knife fight"; extended scene, 'Major Dundee and Teresa"; silent extended outtakes, trailer artwork outtakes, 2005 re-release trailer; original theatrical trailer; exhibitor promo reel excerpt; promotional stills and poster artwork.
Summary:
A Union major late in the Civil War takes it upon himself to punish a band of Apaches who murdered a ranch family and fled into Mexico. Being short of troops he uses Confederate prisoners, ex-slaves and criminals to accomplish his goal.
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