Santa Fe Trail (1940) | Directed by Michael Curtiz - Full Movie

In 1854, Jeb Stuart, George Custer and other graduates from West Point are posted to Kansas to help pacify the territory before railroad construction to Santa Fe can resume.Show more

Santa Fe Trail is a 1940 American western film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Raymond Massey, Ronald Reagan and Alan Hale. Written by Robert Buckner, the film is critical of the abolitionist John Brown and his controversial campaign against slavery before the American Civil War. In a subplot, J.E.B. Stuart and George Armstrong Custer—who are depicted as friends from the same West Point graduating class—compete for the hand of Kit Carson Holliday.

The film ranked among the higher grossing films of the year, and the seventh Flynn–de Havilland collaboration. Its content has little relevance to the actual Santa Fe Trail.

Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Screenplay by: Robert Buckner
Based on story by Buckner
Produced by: Hal B. Wallis
Starring: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Raymond Massey, Ronald Reagan, Alan Hale
Cinematography: Sol Polito
Edited by: George Amy
Music by: Max Steiner
Production company: Warner Bros. Pictures
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date: December 13, 1940 (Santa Fe, New Mexico, premiere)
Running time: 110 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Budget: $1,115,000
Box office: $2,533,000