Major Dundee
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Major Dundee

1965Movie2 h 5 minPG-13

Western
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IMDb6.7Letterboxd3.4/5Metacritic626.3Rotten Tomatoes97%67%
72
GoodGoodWatch score
IMDb6.7Letterboxd3.4/5Metacritic626.3Rotten Tomatoes97%67%

Summary

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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  • Teens
  • Pure escapism

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Recycled with a Gimmickin 274 titlesR.G. Armstrong referred to the original cut as "Moby-Dick on horseback".Boxed Crookin 255 titlesMajor Dundee's Ragtag Bunch of Misfits includes Confederate POWs, led by his former friend Captain Ben Tyreen, and civilian thieves and murderers who were being held in the prison camp.All 63 tropes

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