Review of Major Dundee (1965) by Richard D — 01 Feb 2018
Charlton Heston stars as the commanding officer of a prison for Confederate soldiers. When a group of Apache attack and slaughter a nearby army encampment kidnapping a bunch of young boys, he recruits a motley gang of civilians, Confederate prisoners and African-American soldiers under a handful of his officers to track them down.
This is 3/4 of a great film. It has an incredible cast ... Richard Harris, James Coburn, Senta Berger, Brock Peters, Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, R.G, Armstrong, L.Q. Jones and Slim Pickens ... and methodically sets up tense conflicts only to have the last half hour completely destroyed by ridiculous studio re-edits.
The entire movie sets up for a confrontation that is settled in the most incoherently perfunctory manner. It's a shame because you can see what the film was intended to be and it's clearly a dry run at "The Wild Bunch".
This review of Major Dundee (1965) was written by Richard D on 01 Feb 2018.
Major Dundee has generally received positive reviews.
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