Santa Fe Trail is a 1940 American Western film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Errol Flynn as J. E. B. "Jeb" Stuart, Olivia de Havilland, Raymond Massey as John Brown, Ronald Reagan as George Armstrong Custer 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, Jeb 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.
Theatrical release poster
Olivia de Havilland and Errol Flynn in Santa Fe Trail.
Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Alan Hale Sr., Ronald Reagan and Errol Flynn.
William Marshall as George Pickett, Ronald Reagan as George Armstrong Custer, Errol Flynn as J.E.B. Stuart and William Lundigan
Michael Curtiz was a Hungarian-American film director, recognized as one of the most prolific directors in history. He directed classic films from the silent era and numerous others during
Hollywood's Golden Age, when the studio system was prevalent.
Curtiz c. 1928
Movie poster, 1924
1928 Curtiz film
Curtiz (r) with Ilya Tolstoy in 1927