Santa Fe Trail (film)

Santa Fe Trail
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Michael Curtiz
Written by	Robert Buckner
Produced by	Hal B. Wallis (executive producer)
Starring	Errol Flynn Olivia de Havilland Raymond Massey Ronald Reagan Alan Hale
Cinematography	Sol Polito
Edited by	George Amy
Music by	Max Steiner
Production company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release dates	December 13, 1940 (1940-12-13) (Santa Fe, New Mexico, premiere) December 20, 1940 (1940-12-20) (New York City)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,115,000[1][2]
Box office	$2,533,000[2]

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.

The film ranked among the higher grossing films of the year, and the seventh Flynn–de Havilland collaboration. Its content has little relevance to the actual Santa Fe Trail.