Major Dundee

Resource Information

The work Major Dundee represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Yuma County Library District. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Major Dundee

Statement of responsibility

Columbia Pictures Corporation presents a Jerry Bresler production ; screenplay by Harry Julian Fink, Oscar Saul and Sam Peckinpah ; produced by Jerry Bresler ; directed by Sam Peckinpah

Contributor

• Pickens, Slim
• Hutton, Jim, 1934-1979
• Johnson, Ben, 1918-1996
• Ruiz, José Carlos
• Taylor, Dub, 1907-1994
• Jones, L. Q., 1927-2022
• Leavitt, Samuel, 1904-1984
• Oates, Warren, 1928-1982
• Palacios, Begoña, 1941-2000
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Adorf, Mario
• Saul, Oscar
• Anderson, Michael, 1943-
• Armstrong, R. G., (Robert Golden), 1917-2012
• Pate, Michael
• Berger, Senta, 1941-
• Bresler, Jerry, 1908-1977
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm)
• Caliendo, Christopher
• Carrier, Albert
• Peckinpah, Sam, 1925-1984
• Chandler, John Davis, 1935-2010
• Coburn, James
• Clavel, Aurora
• Swenson, Karl, 1908-1978
• Columbia Pictures
• Fink, Harry Julian
• Harris, Richard, 1930-2002
• Peters, Brock
• Heston, Charlton

Actor

• Pickens, Slim
• Adorf, Mario
• Anderson, Michael, 1943-
• Armstrong, R. G., (Robert Golden), 1917-2012
• Berger, Senta, 1941-
• Carrier, Albert
• Clavel, Aurora
• Coburn, James
• Harris, Richard, 1930-2002
• Heston, Charlton
• Hutton, Jim, 1934-1979
• Johnson, Ben, 1918-1996
• Jones, L. Q., 1927-2022
• Oates, Warren, 1928-1982
• Palacios, Begoña, 1941-2000
• Peters, Brock
• Ruiz, José Carlos
• Swenson, Karl, 1908-1978
• Taylor, Dub, 1907-1994

Screenwriter

• Peckinpah, Sam, 1925-1984
• Saul, Oscar
• Pate, Michael
• Fink, Harry Julian

Composer

• Caliendo, Christopher

Cinematographer

• Leavitt, Samuel, 1904-1984

Director

• Peckinpah, Sam, 1925-1984

Producer

• Bresler, Jerry, 1908-1977

Subject

• Fiction films
• Historical films
• Revenge -- Drama
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Apache Indians -- Drama
• Western films
• Feature films

Genre

• Feature films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Historical films
• Western films
• Fiction films
• Drama

Language

• eng
• fre
• kor
• eng
• fre
• eng

Summary

A Union major late in the Civil War takes it upon himself to punish a band of Apaches who murdered a ranch family and fled into Mexico. Being short of troops he uses Confederate prisoners, ex-slaves and criminals to accomplish his goal

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Music by Christopher Caliendo ; art director, Al Ybarra ; film editors, William A. Lyon, Don Starling, Howard Kunin ; costumes, Tom Dawson ; special effects, August Lohman ; director of photography, Sam Leavitt ; story by Harry Julian Fink

Date time place

Filmed on location in Mexico

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG13, for violence and some sensuality

Language note

• In English or dubbed French with optional subtitles in English, French or Korean; closed-captioned
• In English or French with optional English, French, or Korean subtitles
• Closed-captioned

PerformerNote

Charlton Heston, Richard Harris, Jim Hutton, James Coburn, Michael Anderson, Jr., Mario Adort, Brock Peters, Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, L.Q. Jones, Karl Swenson, John Davis Chandler, Begonia Palacios, Albert Carrier, R.G. Armstrong, Slim Pickens, Michael Pate, Dub Taylor, Aurora Clavell, Jose Carlos Ruiz, Senta Berger

Runtime

136

Technique

live action