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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Cast
28 people
Charlton Heston
Major Amos Charles Dundee
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Richard Harris
Captain Benjamin Tyreen
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Sam Peckinpah Director · Oscar Saul Screenplay Harry Julian Fink Screenplay
Budget $3.8M · United States release April 7, 1965 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$3,800,000
Production
Jerry Bresler Productions
Production
Columbia Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French · Spanish
Release dates
Denmark · March 15, 1965
Theatrical
United States · April 7, 1965
Limited theatrical · New York City, New York
United States
March 16, 1965 · Premiere · New York City, New York, director's cut
April 8, 2005 · Limited theatrical · New York City, New York, extended version
Australia
September 20, 2005 · Physical · DVD
Canada
February 8, 2022 · Physical · Blu-ray
Czechia
July 1, 2005 · Premiere · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Finland
April 16, 1965 · Theatrical
France
April 14, 1965 · Theatrical
August 24, 2005 · Physical · DVD
December 28, 2005 · Theatrical · Re-release
September 30, 2015 · Theatrical · Re-release
May 3, 2023 · Physical · Blu-Ray (Uncensored)
Germany
April 17, 1965 · Theatrical · West Germany
April 30, 1975 · TV · West Germany
Greece
October 15, 2006 · Premiere · Panorama of European Cinema
Ireland
September 17, 1965 · Theatrical
Italy
April 15, 1965 · Theatrical
Japan
April 17, 1965 · Theatrical
Mexico
June 16, 1966 · Theatrical
Netherlands
April 7, 1965 · Limited theatrical
April 16, 1965 · Theatrical
Norway
April 20, 1965 · Theatrical
Poland
June 1, 1968 · Theatrical
Portugal
February 10, 1967 · Theatrical
Russia
June 25, 2011 · Premiere · Moscow Film Festival
South Africa
January 27, 1966 · Limited theatrical · Johannesburg
Spain
November 8, 1965 · Limited theatrical · Madrid
May 14, 1974 · TV
Sweden
April 7, 1965 · Theatrical
Switzerland
August 6, 2015 · Premiere · Locarno Film Festival
Türkiye
March 19, 1967 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
June 20, 1965 · Theatrical
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