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* BadassBaritone: Dundee himself, seeing as how he's played by Creator/CharltonHeston. Sam Potts and Aesop as well, as they're played by Creator/JamesCoburn and Creator/BrockPeters.
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The film is practically a who's who of Hollywood tough guys and familiar western character actors.
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** FridgeBrilliance: ''Film/BenHur'', for which Heston won his only Oscar for Best Actor, had previously featured old Chuck in a story of two friends who betrayed each other, only in this film it was Chuck's character who did the betraying, at least that's how Harris's Tyreen sees it.
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** FridgeBrilliance: ''Film/BenHur'', ''[[Film/BenHur1959 Ben-Hur]]'', for which Heston won his only Oscar for Best Actor, had previously featured old Chuck in a story of two friends who betrayed each other, only in this film it was Chuck's character who did the betraying, at least that's how Harris's Tyreen sees it.
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''Major Dundee'' is a 1965 [[TheWestern Western]] film directed by Creator/SamPeckinpah and starring Creator/CharltonHeston, Creator/RichardHarris, Creator/JimHutton, and Creator/JamesCoburn.
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''Major Dundee'' is a 1965 [[TheWestern Western]] film directed by Creator/SamPeckinpah and Creator/SamPeckinpah, starring Creator/CharltonHeston, Creator/RichardHarris, Creator/JimHutton, and Creator/JamesCoburn.
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* InjuredLimbEpisode: Dundee gets shot in the leg with an arrow at one point. Though Dundee tries to shrug it off with the usual "Just a flesh wound" response of most invincible action heroes so he can stay with the command, he actually needs to go get surgery for it and it takes about two weeks for him to recover, despite his stubborn alpha male pride boasting otherwise.
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* RealityEnsues: Dundee gets shot in the leg with an arrow at one point. Though Dundee tries to shrug it off with the usual "Just a flesh wound" response of most invincible action heroes so he can stay with the command, he actually needs to go get surgery for it and it takes about two weeks for him to recover, despite his stubborn alpha male pride boasting otherwise.
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** When Dundee and his men depart the fort, Waller says that he hopes Dundee will "have the pleasure" of being brought before General Carleton, their departmental commander, before he's able to reach Mexico. The script features a subplot where Waller, rather than merely protesting Dundee's actions, sends an aide to Carleton demanding Dundee's arrest for disobeying orders. This comes to a head during the expeditions crossing into Mexico, when Dundee narrowly escapes a Union patrol sent to arrest him, who are in turn scared off by a large contingent of Confederate troops. All that remains of the latter scene is a brief shot of the Confederates while Tyreen debates whether to cross the river or escape.
** At one point Teresa jokingly asks Dundee "Are you El Tigre, the tiger that prowls these mountains?" In the original script, Sierra Charibba gave a lengthy speech to the dying Lieutenant Brannin where he referred to himself as "the Tiger"; Teresa's line was meant to reinforce [[NotSoDifferent the connection Charibba and Dundee]].
** When Dundee and his men depart the fort, Waller says that he hopes Dundee will "have the pleasure" of being brought before General Carleton, their departmental commander, before he's able to reach Mexico. The script features a subplot where Waller, rather than merely protesting Dundee's actions, sends an aide to Carleton demanding Dundee's arrest for disobeying orders. This comes to a head during the expeditions crossing into Mexico, when Dundee narrowly escapes a Union patrol sent to arrest him, who are in turn scared off by a large contingent of Confederate troops. All that remains of the latter scene is a brief shot of the Confederates while Tyreen debates whether to cross the river or escape.
** At one point Teresa jokingly asks Dundee "Are you El Tigre, the tiger that prowls these mountains?" In the original script, Sierra Charibba gave a lengthy speech to the dying Lieutenant Brannin where he referred to himself as "the Tiger"; Teresa's line was meant to reinforce [[NotSoDifferent the connection Charibba and Dundee]].
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* OrphanedReference: At one point Teresa jokingly asks Dundee "Are you El Tigre, the tiger that prowls these mountains?" In the original script, Sierra Charibba gave a lengthy speech to the dying Lieutenant Brannin where he referred to himself as "the Tiger"; Teresa's line was meant to reinforce [[NotSoDifferent the connection Charibba and Dundee]].
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* OrphanedReference: A couple from DeletedScenes that were either never shot or lost:
** When Dundee and his men depart the fort, Waller says that he hopes Dundee will "have the pleasure" of being brought before General Carleton, their departmental commander, before he's able to reach Mexico. The script features a subplot where Waller, rather than merely protesting Dundee's actions, sends an aide to Carleton demanding Dundee's arrest for disobeying orders. This comes to a head during the expeditions crossing into Mexico, when Dundee narrowly escapes a Union patrol sent to arrest him, who are in turn scared off by a large contingent of Confederate troops. All that remains of the latter scene is a brief shot of the Confederates while Tyreen debates whether to cross the river or escape.
** At one point Teresa jokingly asks Dundee "Are you El Tigre, the tiger that prowls these mountains?" In the original script, Sierra Charibba gave a lengthy speech to the dying Lieutenant Brannin where he referred to himself as "the Tiger"; Teresa's line was meant to reinforce [[NotSoDifferent the connection Charibba and Dundee]].
** When Dundee and his men depart the fort, Waller says that he hopes Dundee will "have the pleasure" of being brought before General Carleton, their departmental commander, before he's able to reach Mexico. The script features a subplot where Waller, rather than merely protesting Dundee's actions, sends an aide to Carleton demanding Dundee's arrest for disobeying orders. This comes to a head during the expeditions crossing into Mexico, when Dundee narrowly escapes a Union patrol sent to arrest him, who are in turn scared off by a large contingent of Confederate troops. All that remains of the latter scene is a brief shot of the Confederates while Tyreen debates whether to cross the river or escape.
** At one point Teresa jokingly asks Dundee "Are you El Tigre, the tiger that prowls these mountains?" In the original script, Sierra Charibba gave a lengthy speech to the dying Lieutenant Brannin where he referred to himself as "the Tiger"; Teresa's line was meant to reinforce [[NotSoDifferent the connection Charibba and Dundee]].
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** This was even stronger in the original script, where [[spoiler:after narrowly surviving the battle with the French, Dundee spots ''another'' Apache trail marker which implies that some of Charibba's men survived the battle with Dundee's men. Which reinforces the sense that Dundee's mission was [[ShootTheShaggyDog all for nothing]].]]
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** Tyreen is an Irish immigrant who killed a fellow cavalryman in a duel and lost his commission (with Dundee casting the last vote in his court martial) and wound up serving the South.
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** Tyreen is an Irish immigrant who killed a fellow cavalryman in a duel and lost his commission (with Dundee casting the last vote in his court martial) and wound up serving the South. It's mentioned in passing that Tyreen's mentor died at Chickamauga (fighting for the Union) and implied that he feels guilty about it.
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* NoodleIncident: Dundee is mentioned as having "tried to fight your war at Gettysburg" without elaboration. This could be intended to parallel Judson Killpatrick's ordering a pointless, suicidal cavalry charge against well-entrenched Confederates on July 3rd, though unlike Dundee, Killpatrick not only retained his command but was later promoted.
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* NoodleIncident: Dundee is mentioned as having "tried to fight your war at Gettysburg" without elaboration. This could be intended to parallel Judson Killpatrick's Kilpatrick's ordering a pointless, suicidal cavalry charge against well-entrenched Confederates on July 3rd, though unlike Dundee, Killpatrick Kilpatrick not only retained his command but was later promoted.
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* OrphanedReference: At one point Teresa jokingly asks Dundee "Are you El Tigre, the tiger that prowls these mountains?" In the original script, Sierra Charibba gave a lengthy speech to the dying Lieutenant Brannin where he referred to himself as "the Tiger"; Teresa's line was meant to reinforce [[NotSoDifferent the connection Charibba and Dundee]].
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* AnachronismStew: The New Mexico state flag is shown in the garrison office. However, New Mexico wasn't a state until 1912, and the flag designed after that, about 1920.
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* UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar: Although the main period setting of the story, much of the action takes place in the New Mexico Territory and Mexico.
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* UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar: Although ActorAllusion Sam Potts (Creator/JamesCoburn) warns Dundee to stay off the main period setting of the story, much of the action takes place streets, saying he'd make "an unlikely looking Mexican", in the New Mexico Territory and Mexico.reference to Heston's role as a Mexican narcotics officer (sans accent) in ''Film/TouchOfEvil''.
* RecycledInSpace: R.G. Armstrong referred to the original cut as "''Literature/MobyDick'' on horseback". Many of the characters are similar to those from that book, with Dundee as Captain Ahab, Tyreen as Starbuck, Ryan as Ishmael, and other minor characters, with Sierra Charriba and his Apache tribe substituting for the whale, as is the general plot line (an obsessive idealist drives himself to destruction, disregarding the effects on others). These references to Moby-Dick were likely intentional on the part of the screenwriters. Some have also pointed out similarities of the plot to the Vietnam War, which are highly unlikely to have been intentional, as the war had not significantly escalated at the time of the film's production.
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** Sam Potts (Creator/JamesCoburn) warns Dundee to stay off the streets, saying he'd make "an unlikely looking Mexican", in reference to Heston's role as a Mexican narcotics officer (sans accent) in ''Film/TouchOfEvil''.
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** Sam Potts (Creator/JamesCoburn) warns Dundee There are references to stay off ''Film/LawrenceOfArabia'' – the streets, saying he'd make "an unlikely looking Mexican", execution of Hadley, and Dundee's drunken exile in reference to Heston's role as a Mexican narcotics officer (sans accent) in ''Film/TouchOfEvil''. Durango, closely mirror sequences from this film.
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* BadassBaritone: Dundee himself, seeing as how he's played by Creator/CharltonHeston. Sam Potts and Aesop as well, as they're played by James Coburn and Brock Peters.
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* BadassBaritone: Dundee himself, seeing as how he's played by Creator/CharltonHeston. Sam Potts and Aesop as well, as they're played by James Coburn Creator/JamesCoburn and Brock Peters.Creator/BrockPeters.
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The title character, Union cavalry officer Major Amos Dundee (Heston), is relieved of his command for an unspecified tactical error at the Battle of Gettysburg and sent to head a prisoner-of-war camp in the New Mexico Territory. When a family of ranchers and a relief column of cavalry are massacred by an Apache war chief named Sierra Charriba, Dundee seizes the opportunity for glory, raising a contentious troop of Union regulars (black and white), Confederate prisoners, several Indian scouts, and a gang of civilian mercenaries on an expedition into Mexico to destroy the Apaches.
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The title character, Union cavalry officer Major Amos Dundee (Heston), is relieved of his command for an unspecified tactical error at the Battle of Gettysburg and sent to head a prisoner-of-war camp in the New Mexico Territory. When a family of ranchers and a relief column of cavalry are massacred by an Apache war chief named Sierra Charriba, Charriba (Michael Pate), Dundee seizes the opportunity for glory, raising a contentious troop of Union regulars (black and white), Confederate prisoners, several Indian scouts, and a gang of civilian mercenaries on an expedition into Mexico to destroy the Apaches.
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* * TradingBarsForStripes: Benjamin Priam, a horse their released from jail by Dundee in order to "supply" his expedition.
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadasss: Lieutenant Graham, and Wiley the drunken mule packer.
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadasss: CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Lieutenant Graham, and Wiley the drunken mule packer.
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** Technically, three children also survive, but are taken prisoner by the Apaches.
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadasss: Lieutenant Graham, and Wiley the drunken mule packer.
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* AFatherToHisMen: Potts isn't actually in charge, but he's protective of his fellow scouts, and the younger soldiers.
* FromBarsToStripes: Benjamin Priam, a horse their released from jail by Dundee in order to "supply" his expedition.
* FromBarsToStripes: Benjamin Priam, a horse their released from jail by Dundee in order to "supply" his expedition.
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* KarmaHoudini: Racist {{Jerkass}} Jimmy Lee survives the final battle.
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* MajorlyAwesome: At the very least [[PlayingWithATrope Played With]], and depending on the viewer, maybe even [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Dundee is good at appearing to be honorable and a formidable leader, and manages to keep his [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits ragtag]] unit together despite heavy odds. But he's also an impulsive GloryHound whose motives for the mission and shaky tactics become more questionable as time goes on.
