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Santa Fe Trail/Abilene Town |  | Directors: Edwin L. Marin, Michael Curtiz
Actors: Randolph Scott, Ann Dvorak, Edgar Buchanan, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland
Studio: Marengo Films
Category: DVD
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Rating:  36 reviews
Format: Black & White, DVD, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 0
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 200 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
UPC: 807013000528
EAN: 0807013000528
Theatrical Release Date: December 28, 1940
Release Date: February 28, 2001
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200 minute double feature film DVD.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 36
 EXCITING, ENJOYABLE, MEMORABLE BUT NOT ON DVD !!?? March 26, 2009
FRED C. DOBBS (USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Watched this on TCM the other night. Why Warner Brothers [WB] does not have this out on DVD is beyond my comprehension. Have to settle with poor copies of this fine film from a diverse group of obscure companies. Even the TCM version was of suboptimal quality! This is an excellent actionier with a great cast that deals with the US army's attempt to corral abolitionist maverick John Brown. Ex-US prez Ronald Reagan appears miscast as Custer. Great look of fear on Errol Flynn's face when he is cornered by Brown & his boys. Olivia as beautiful as ever. Nice to have veteran pro's Alan Hale and Ward Bond--they're never in a bad movie. BUT!! The show is stolen by an ASTOUNDING performance by Raymond Massey as John Brown and a great one by a young Van Heflin. Geez--these two guys made this worth the price of admission! How Massey did not get any Academy recog for this is beyond me. And with all due respect to LEONARD MALTIN, whose movie guides I have read and revered for years, I cannot comprehend him giving this movie 2/4 stars! Hey, WB! wake up.
 the santa fe trail March 24, 2009
Susan G. Wright (gulfport,ms)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
this is a great movie with an all star cast.You will enjoy this if you love classics as I do. Ronald Reagan does a great acting job in here also.
 strange strange fruit December 15, 2008
M. HELLEBERG (Denmark, Elsinore)
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
A truly strange movie...slavery is ok, and the South will "sort it out" in good time. Movies like this built racism and made lynchings possible. Slavery itself isnof course absent from the movie, except for a scared family trying to escape. But never mind, some people will never care. Avoid.
A Hollywood History of Bleeding Kansas November 10, 2008
Acute Observer (North Jersey Shore)
The film begins in 1854 at the West Point Military Academy. [The names of the cadets will be famous in the War Between the States.] There is political conflict between some cadets. Should the southern plutocrats continue to rule? The Commandant warns them against lying to benefit a friend, a danger even in peacetime. Rader is discharged for his abolitionist propaganda. Upon graduation some will be sent to Fort Leavenworth. Secretary of War Jefferson Davis tells them of the importance of defending the nation. Will Kansas join the nation as a free state? On the train some men try to abduct some passengers! The slavery conflict is the cause of "Bleeding Kansas".
Fort Leavenworth is the beginning of the trail to Santa Fe and its lucrative trade. The Army escorts wagon trains. The happy workers sing as they leave. John Brown organizes his supporters to abolish slavery. Will they attack a wagon train like robbers? Brown collects the boxes of "bibles" for his missionary work. There is a running chase with gunfire. The Army will search for John Brown's gang and attack them. A prisoner tells where the gang is located. A shipload of "salt pork" arrives in Palmyra. Rader provides military training to Brown's men for a price. Will Brown's gang attack another town? Will JEB Stuart scout the town of Palmyra, the terminal of the Underground Railroad? Will his horse tell on him? John Brown explains his strategy to abolish slavery through bloodshed.
Stuart escapes from Brown's gang while the barn catches fire. The Cavalry rides to the rescue. Brown and a few of his men escape. Are they finished? The Army officers are recalled to Washington. An Indian prophet predicts their future: they will become enemies in a war that has already begun. They laugh! John Brown has a new plan for a glorious end. He will attack the Arsenal at Harper's Ferry and use the arms to free the slaves. Will John Brown pay his debts to Rader? Historical figures are used in the story. Will somebody squeal? The last part of the film recreates John Brown's raid. [Did Brown have that many supporters?] Brown's promised support didn't show up, but US armed forces did. Guns neutralized the brick walls. The defenders are overwhelmed. JEB Stuart personally captures John Brown. Brown is tried and condemned for treason. Brown predicts a coming storm and the film ends.
Hollywood produces entertainment, not history. George Armstrong Custer is one of the most famous Americans, in the mid-1850s he was a school teacher in Ohio and didn't graduate from West Point until 1861.
 One film rather good quality for public domain, the other not so good... November 7, 2008
Mark R. Probst (Portland, OR)
When buying public domain movies, one must rate on a totally separate scale. Santa Fe Trail is actually not a bad-looking transfer. Of course as you know PD companies generally don't have access to anything even remotely close to an original camera negative, so naturally this isn't as crisp and sparkling as it would be should Warner Brothers ever decide to remaster it, but it is certainly miles above the other versions floating around out there. As for the second feature, Abilene Town, it is a typical shabby print. I guess Marengo just considers it a bonus, so nothing has been done to clean it up. It's watchable, but little else. The purchase price is worth it for what is probably the best looking Santa Fe Trail out there.
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