Movie

Santa Fe Trail

Released: December 20, 1940 (1940)

Runtime: 110 minutes

Genres: Western

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.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Henry O'Neill as Cyrus Brody
Age at release: 49
Alan Hale as Tex Bell
Age at release: 48
Raymond Massey as John Brown
Age at release: 44
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as Windy Brody
Age at release: 41
Errol Flynn as Jeb Stuart
Age at release: 31
Van Heflin as Rader
Age at release: 30
Ronald Reagan as George Custer
Age at release: 29
William Lundigan as Bob Holliday
Age at release: 26
Olivia de Havilland as Kit Carson Holliday
Age at release: 24
Gene Reynolds as Jason Brown
Age at release: 17

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Charles Middleton as Gentry
Age at release: 66
Spencer Charters as Conductor
Age at release: 65
Russell Simpson as Shubel Morgan
Age at release: 60
Arthur Aylesworth as Abolitionist at Russell's House (uncredited)
Age at release: 59
Erville Alderson as Jefferson Davis
Age at release: 58
Hobart Cavanaugh as Barber Doyle
Age at release: 54
Edward Biby as Party Guest (uncredited)
Age at release: 54
Charles D. Brown as Major Sumner
Age at release: 53
Moroni Olsen as Robert E. Lee
Age at release: 51
John Litel as Martin
Age at release: 47
Roy Barcroft as Engineer (uncredited)
Age at release: 38
Trevor Bardette as Agitator in Palmyra (uncredited)
Age at release: 38
Ward Bond as Townley
Age at release: 37
Joe Sawyer as Kitzmiller
Age at release: 34
Frank Wilcox as James Longstreet
Age at release: 33
Alan Baxter as Oliver Brown
Age at release: 32
David Bruce as Phil Sheridan
Age at release: 24
William Marshall as George Pickett
Age at release: 23
George Haywood as John Hood
Age at release: 23
Susan Peters as Charlotte
Age at release: 19