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Major Dundee

1965 · 125 min Western War
6.6 / 10 · TMDB

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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Year 1965
Country United States of America
Genre Western, War
Director Sam Peckinpah
Runtime 125 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.6/10 (172 votes)

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This is a gritty, psychological expedition that subverts the classic cavalry western. It trades sweeping adventure for a claustrophobic study of command and conflict within a fractured unit, where the enemy within is as potent as the one without.

What lingers after the final frame is not the spectacle of battle, but the haunting cost of duty and the fragile alliances formed in the crucible of a near-suicidal mission. A sobering reflection on leadership and war's moral ambiguities. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Sam Peckinpah

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