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Santa Fe Trail

Santa Fe Trail

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 20, 1940

Runtime

1h 50m

Genres

Western

User Score

56%

Original Title

Santa Fe Trail

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

Director

Michael Curtiz

Description

As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are assigned to the 2nd Cavalry, stationed at Fort Leavenworth. While there they aid in the capture and execution of the abolitionist, John Brown following the Battle of Harper's Ferry.