Santa Fe Trail

Santa Fe Trail

Where the railroad and civilization ended, the Sante Fe Trail began!

NR 1940 · 110 min · ★ 5.8 · Western

As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are assigned to the 2nd Cavalry, stationed at Fort Leavenworth. While there they aid in the capture and execution of the abolitionist, John Brown following the Battle of Harper's Ferry.

Directed by Michael Curtiz · Written by Robert Buckner

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Errol Flynn Jeb Stuart
Olivia de Havilland Kit Carson Holliday
Raymond Massey John Brown
Ronald Reagan George Custer
Alan Hale Tex Bell
William Lundigan Bob Holliday
Van Heflin Rader
Gene Reynolds Jason Brown
Henry O'Neill Cyrus Brody
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams Windy Brody
Alan Baxter Oliver Brown
John Litel Martin

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