

Santa Fe Trail
1940-12-20 · 110 min · ★ 5.8
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.
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- Directors
- Michael Curtiz
- Production companies
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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Errol FlynnJeb Stuart
Olivia de HavillandKit Carson Holliday
Raymond MasseyJohn Brown
Ronald ReaganGeorge Custer
Alan HaleTex Bell
William LundiganBob Holliday
Van HeflinRader
Gene ReynoldsJason Brown
Henry O'NeillCyrus Brody
Guinn 'Big Boy' WilliamsWindy Brody
Alan BaxterOliver Brown
John LitelMartin
Moroni OlsenRobert E. Lee
David BrucePhil Sheridan
Hobart CavanaughBarber Doyle
Charles D. BrownMajor Sumner
Joe SawyerKitzmiller
Frank WilcoxJames Longstreet
Ward BondTownley
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