Santa Fe Trail (1940)

Santa Fe Trail (1940)

„Santa Fe Trail“ is a 1940 Western film directed by Michael Curtiz from a screenplay by Robert Buckner.

After graduating from West Point, Jeb Stuart and George Custer are both stationed to Fort Leavenworth in Kansas. Once there, they find that the violent abolitionist John Brown has laid waste to the state, killing anyone who gets in the way of his anti-slavery crusade. While the duo must work together to battle the murderous revolutionary, they also come to blows over their competing love for Kit Carson Holliday.

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 – Rader
• Gene Reynolds – Jason Brown
• Henry O’Neill – Cyrus Holliday
• Guinn „Big Boy“ Williams – Windy Brody
• Alan Baxter – Oliver Brown
• John Litel – Martin
• Moroni Olsen – Robert E. Lee
• David Bruce – Phil Sheridan
• Hobart Cavanaugh – Barber Doyle
• Charles D. Brown – Maj. Sumner
• Joe Sawyer – Kitzmiller
• Frank Wilcox – James Longstreet
• Ward Bond – Townley
• Russell Simpson – Shubel Morgan
• Charles Middleton – Gentry
• Erville Alderson – Jefferson Davis
• Spencer Charters – Conductor
• Susan Peters – Charlotte
• William Marshall – George Pickett
• George Haywood – John Hood
• Arthur Aylesworth – Abolitionist at Russell’s House
• Henry Hall – Abolitionist at Russell’s House
• Walter Soderling – Abolitionist at Russell’s House
• Edward Hearn – Abolitionist in Armory
• Nestor Paiva – Abolitionist Noticing Army Horse Brand
• Danny Borzage – Accordionist
• Lane Chandler – Adjutant
• Trevor Bardette – Agitator in Palmyra
• Eddy Chandler – Armory Guard
• Richard Kipling – Army Doctor Attending Jason
• Ernest Whitman – Black Man in Barn
• Clinton Rosemond – Black Man on Train
• Libby Taylor – Black Woman
• Ernestine Wade – Black Woman
• Jim Farley – Brewer, Armory Hostage
• Bud Cokes – Cadet
• Victor Kilian – Dispatch Rider
• Jess Lee Brooks – Doorman at Washington Party
• Russell Hicks – Dr. J. Boyce Russell
• Roy Barcroft – Engineer
• Frank Mayo – Engineer
• Edmund Mortimer – Extra in Washington Party
• Grace Stafford – Farmer’s Wife
• Lucia Carroll – Girl at Wedding
• Mildred Coles – Girl at Wedding
• Mitzi Green – Girl at Wedding
• Maris Wrixon – Girl at Wedding
• Bernice Pilot – Hannah
• Blackie Whiteford – Henchman
• Robert McKenzie – Kansas Townsman
• Theresa Harris – Maid
• Mildred Gover – Mammy
• Tom McGuire – Man with Surveyor
• Lafe McKee – Minister
• Joseph Crehan – Officer at Washington Party
• Selmer Jackson – Officer Reading Names of Graduates
• Georgia Caine – Officer’s Wife at Party
• Al Bridge – Palmyra Townsman
• Edward Biby – Party Guest
• Jack Deery – Party Guest
• Sam Harris – Party Guest
• Neal Dodd – Preacher at Wedding
• Napoleon Simpson – Samson
• Jack Mower – Surveyor
• Mira McKinney – Survivor at Delaware Crossing
• Creighton Hale – Telegraph Operator
• Alex Proper – Townsman
• Eric Mayne – Train Passenger
• Frank Mills – Train Passenger
• Count Stefenelli – Train Passenger
• Wilfred Lucas – Weiner
• Payne B. Johnson – Western Boy
• John Meyer – Workman
• Eddy Waller – Workman
• Harry Cording – Workman in Delaware Crossing

„Land der Gottlosen“ (Santa Fe Trail) ist ein Westernfilm aus dem Jahr 1940 unter der Regie von Michael Curtiz nach einem Drehbuch von Robert Buckner.

Nach ihrem Abschluss in West Point werden Jeb Stuart und George Custer nach Fort Leavenworth in Kansas versetzt. Dort müssen sie feststellen, dass der gewalttätige Abolitionist John Brown den Staat verwüstet hat und jeden tötet, der sich seinem Anti-Sklaverei-Kreuzzug in den Weg stellt. Während das Duo zusammenarbeiten muss, um den mörderischen Revolutionär zu bekämpfen, geraten sie auch wegen ihrer konkurrierenden Liebe zu Kit Carson Holliday aneinander.