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Overview
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Writer:
Robert Buckner (original screenplay)
Release Date:
28 December 1940 (USA) more
Tagline:
A Magnficent Portrayal of a Thrilling Era ! more
Plot:
The story of Jeb Stuart, his romance with Kit Carson Holliday, friendship with George Custer and battles... more | full synopsis
NewsDesk:
Saddle Up, Swashbuckler
(From New York Post. 26 August 2008, 1:16 AM, PDT)
User Comments:
Pure and Thrilling "Histo-tainment" more (53 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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 | ... | Carl Rader |
| Gene Reynolds | ... | Jason Brown |
| Henry O'Neill | ... | Cyrus K. Holliday |
| Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams | ... | Windy Brody |
| Alan Baxter | ... | Oliver Brown |
| John Litel | ... | Martin |
| Moroni Olsen | ... | Colonel Robert E. Lee |
| David Bruce | ... | Phil Sheridan |
| Hobart Cavanaugh | ... | Doyle |
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110 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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Australia:G | UK:A (original rating) | UK:U (re-rating) (1986) | Iceland:12 | USA:Approved (PCA #6559) | Finland:K-16 | Germany:16 | Sweden:15
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Raymond Massey starred as John Brown again in Seven Angry Men (1955), the main story of which is also the trial and hanging of the abolitionist. more
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Factual errors: Stuart's first assignment after graduating from West Point was the U.S. Mounted Rifles in Texas, followed by the 1st Regiment of the U.S. Cavalry, not the 2nd Cavalry as depicted in the film. more
Quotes:
Kit Carson Holliday:
Oh, Jeb, what does pride got to do with guns?
James Ewell Brown 'Jeb' Stuart:
Kit, the two things kind of come together down South. You can't pry them apart. Not even with guns.
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Featured in Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (2000) (TV) more
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Along the Santa Fe Trail more
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It's so sad.
I loved this movie so much as a kid. Then I grew up and found out it was all a big contrivance. It almost quashed my love for this movie.
But the truth did not succeed to extinguish my love.
The entertainment value of this movie is astounding and sometimes thrilling - but the historical value is so misguided that it almost ruins it for me. I now feel that, though this movie makes a sham of history - - it is a great showcase for the wonderful talents of Michael Curtiz, Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan and Olivia de Havilland.
I particularly love the final rescue scene. It is choreographed and orchestrated so beautifully, it is hard not to be taken into the maelstrom of John Brown's destiny. Those battle trumpets still cause a chill to go up my spine.
Before I was old enough to understand the true nature of this tale, I visited Harper's Ferry and felt an honest chill when I visited the firehouse where John Brown and his men were captured. I touched the walls and stood in awe at being so close to such a fateful edifice.
It is now called John Brown's "Fort" because he was holed up in there for three days in October 1859. So close before the fateful Civil War embroiled our nation in its saddest chapter. But the building was a fire engine and guard house when it was built in 1848 and moved to Boston for display and then later, back to Harper's Ferry to a place about 150 feet east of its original location. The original location had become a railroad embankment...so it could not stand at the original spot.
Whatever you think about the historical inaccuracies of this film, its entertainment values are excellent for their own sake.
RAYMOND MASSEY is especially memorable as John Brown. His earnest and single-minded portrayal of a madman-with-a-quest is the great stand-out of this movie. The far-away gaze and fiery eyes are almost hypnotic in its concentration. I also enjoyed watching Ronald Reagan and Errol Flynn do their "stuff" as no one else can. These are actors that for better or worse will always stand out from the Hollywood fray with their own special brand of something indescribable and timeless.
Watch this movie with a grain or two or historical salt. Enjoy it for its sheer fun value.