Santa Fe Trail (1940) - film review
Michael Curtiz
Action / Adventure / Biography / Drama / Romance / Western

Summary
Santa Fe Trail is an American western first released in 1940,
directed by Michael Curtiz.
The film stars Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Raymond Massey, Ronald Reagan and Alan Hale.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
Write a synopsis for this film...
Write a synopsis for this film...
Review
User Comments
Useful links
- Best French films of 2011
- Best French films of the 2000s
- Best of the French New Wave
- Best of French film comedy
- The best 100 French films
- The most successful French films
- Great French filmmakers
Related links
- Other American films of the 1940s
- The best American films of the 1940s
- Other American romantic films
- The best American romantic films
- Biography and films of Michael Curtiz
To buy this film
Check DVD and Blu-ray availability:
Credits
- Director: Michael Curtiz
- Script: Robert Buckner
- Photo: Sol Polito
- Music: Max Steiner, Hugo Friedhofer, M.K. Jerome, Jack Scholl
- Cast: Errol Flynn (Jeb Stuart), Olivia de Havilland (Kit Carson Holliday), Raymond Massey (John Brown), Ronald Reagan (George Armstrong Custer), Alan Hale (Tex Bell), William Lundigan (Bob Holliday), Van Heflin (Carl Rader), Gene Reynolds (Jason Brown), Henry O’Neill (Cyrus K. Holliday), Guinn ’Big Boy’ Williams (Windy Brody), Alan Baxter (Oliver Brown), John Litel (Martin), Moroni Olsen (Colonel Robert E. Lee), David Bruce (Phil Sheridan), Hobart Cavanaugh (Doyle), Charles D. Brown (Major Sumner), Joe Sawyer (Kitzmiller), Frank Wilcox (James Longstreet), Ward Bond (Townley), Russell Simpson (Shubel Morgan), Charles Middleton (Gentry), Erville Alderson (Jefferson Davis), Spencer Charters (Cap (conductor)), Susan Peters (Charlotte Davis), William Marshall (George Pickett), George Haywood (John Hood), Cliff Clark (Instructor (scenes deleted)), Edmund Cobb (Guard (scenes deleted)), Louis Jean Heydt (Farmer (scenes deleted)), William Hopper (Officer (scenes deleted)), Edward Peil Sr. (Guard (scenes deleted)), Addison Richards (Minister (scenes deleted)), Harry Strang (Sergeant (scenes deleted)), Emmett Vogan (Lieutenant (scenes deleted)), Arthur Aylesworth (Abolitionist at Russell’s house), Roy Barcroft (Engineer), Trevor Bardette (Agitator in Palmyra), Al Bridge (Palmyra townsman), Jess Lee Brooks (Doorman at Washington party), Georgia Caine (Officer’s wife at party), Lucia Carroll (Girl at wedding), Eddy Chandler (Armory guard), Lane Chandler (Adjutant), Mildred Coles (Girl at wedding), Harry Cording (Workman in Delaware Crossing), Joseph Crehan (Officer at Washington party), Neal Dodd (Preacher at wedding), Jim Farley (Brewer, Armory Hostage), Mildred Gover (’Mammy’), Mitzi Green (Bit part), Creighton Hale (Telegraph operator), Henry Hall (Abolitionist at Russell’s house), Theresa Harris (Maid), Edward Hearn (Abolitionist in armory), Russell Hicks (Dr. J. Boyce Russell), Selmer Jackson (Officer reading names of graduates), Payne B. Johnson (Western boy), Victor Kilian (Dispatch rider), Richard Kipling (Army doctor attending Jason), Wilfred Lucas (Weiner), Frank Mayo (Engineer), Tom McGuire (Man with surveyor), Lafe McKee (Minister), Mira McKinney (Survivor at Delaware Crossing), John Meyer (Workman), Edmund Mortimer (Extra in Washington party), Jack Mower (Surveyor), Nestor Paiva (Abolitionist noticing army horse brand), Bernice Pilot (Hannah), Alex Proper (Townsman), Clinton Rosemond (Black man on train), Napoleon Simpson (Samson), Walter Soderling (Abolitionist at Russell’s house), Grace Stafford (Farmer’s wife), Libby Taylor (Black woman), Ernestine Wade (Extra), Eddy Waller (Workman), Ernest Whitman (Black man in burning barn with Jeb), Maris Wrixon (Girl at wedding)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 110 min; B&W
Similar films
If you like this film you may also like the following:- A Woman of Paris (1923)
- The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
- The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
- City Lights (1931)
- The General (1927)
- Gigi (1958)
- Gone with the Wind (1939)
- The Great Sinner (1949)
- Penny Serenade (1941)
- The Searchers (1956)
- Show Boat (1951)
- The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
- The Tarnished Angels (1958)
- Un acte d’amour (1953)
To buy Santa Fe Trail:







