{{Infobox Film | name = Santa Fe Trail | imdb_id = 0033021 | producer = [[Hal B. Wallis]]
[[Robert Fellows]] | director = [[Michael Curtiz]] | writer = [[Robert Buckner]] (screenplay) | starring = [[Errol Flynn]]
[[Olivia de Havilland]]
[[Raymond Massey]]
[[Ronald Reagan]] | music = [[Max Steiner]] | cinematography = [[Sol Polito]] | editing = [[George Amy]] | | distributor = [[Warner Bros.]] | released = [[December 28]], [[1940]] | runtime = 110 min. | language = [[English language|English]] | }} '''''Santa Fe Trail''''' is a [[1940 in film|1940]] [[Western (genre)|western]] film directed by [[Michael Curtiz]] and starring [[Errol Flynn]] and [[Olivia de Havilland]]. Despite glaring historical inaccuracies, the film was one of the top-grossing films of the year, being the seventh Flynn-de Havilland collaboration. The film also has nothing to do with its namesake, the famed [[Santa Fe Trail]]. Instead, it follows the life of [[J.E.B. Stuart|Jeb Stuart]], a [[cavalry]] commander (and future [[Confederate Army]] general). The film entered the [[public domain]] in the mid-[[1990s]]. == Plot == The film loosely follows the life of [[J.E.B. Stuart]] ([[Errol Flynn]]) before the outbreak of the [[American Civil War]]. Among its sub-plots include a romance with the fictional Kit Carson Holliday ([[Olivia de Havilland]]), friendship with [[George Armstrong Custer]] ([[Ronald Reagan]]), and battles against [[abolitionist]] [[John Brown (abolitionist)|John Brown]] ([[Raymond Massey]]). == Cast == * [[Errol Flynn]] ''as'' [[J.E.B. Stuart|James "Jeb" Stuart]] * [[Olivia de Havilland]] ''as'' Kit Carson Holliday * [[Raymond Massey]] ''as'' [[John Brown (abolitionist)|John Brown]] * [[Ronald Reagan]] ''as'' [[George Armstrong Custer]] * [[Alan Hale, Sr.|Alan Hale]] ''as'' Tex Bell * [[William Lundigan]] ''as'' Bob Holliday * [[Van Heflin]] ''as'' Carl Rader * [[Gene Reynolds]] ''as'' Jason Brown * [[Henry O'Neill]] ''as'' Cyrus K. Holliday * [[Guinn Williams (actor)|Guinn Williams]] ''as'' Windy Brody * [[Alan Baxter]] ''as'' Oliver Brown * [[Moroni Olsen]] ''as'' [[Robert E. Lee]] == External links == {{imdb title|id=0033021|title=Santa Fe Trail}} [[Category:1940 films]] [[Category:American films]] [[Category:Warner Bros. films]] [[Category:Western films]] [[Category:War films]] [[Category:Romance films]] [[Category:Public domain films]] {{western-film-stub}}