Movie · 1940
Santa Fe Trail
“Where the railroad and civilization ended, the Sante Fe Trail began!”
Released 20 December 1940 110 min Western More from 1940 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Spencer Charters
as Conductor
Arthur Aylesworth
as Abolitionist at Russell's House (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
as Officer at Washington Party (uncredited)
Hobart Cavanaugh
as Barber Doyle
Creighton Hale
as Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
Moroni Olsen
as Robert E. Lee
Henry O'Neill
as Cyrus Brody
Harry Cording
as Workman in Delaware Crossing (uncredited)
Alan Hale
as Tex Bell
John Litel
as Martin
Raymond Massey
as John Brown
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
as Windy Brody
Lane Chandler
as Adjutant (uncredited)
Roy Barcroft
as Engineer (uncredited)
Frank Wilcox
as James Longstreet
Alan Baxter
as Oliver Brown
Errol Flynn
as Jeb Stuart
Van Heflin
as Rader
Ronald Reagan
as George Custer
William Lundigan
as Bob Holliday
Olivia de Havilland
as Kit Carson Holliday
David Bruce
as Phil Sheridan
Susan Peters
as Charlotte
Gene Reynolds
as Jason Brown
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The numbers
48years between the oldest and youngest billed
65Spencer Charters — oldest on the call sheet
17Gene Reynolds — youngest billed
40average age of the credited cast