Custer of the West
The story of U.S. Army commander General George Armstrong Custer, a flamboyant hero of the Civil War who later fought and was exterminated with his entire command by warring Sioux and Cheyenne tribes at the battle of Little Big Horn in 1876. Custer has been portrayed as everything from a vain but ultimately honorable hero (Errol Flynn in 'They Died with Their Boots On') to an insane, pompous incompetent (Richard Mulligan in the biting 'Little Big Man'), but few have attempted an ambitious look at the man in all his contradictions. This film attempts the task with fine results, portraying the career soldier as a pragmatist, a disciplinarian with a bullying streak, a loner, and ultimately an Old World romantic in the modern age. Robert Shaw gives the role a regal bearing and a sense of dignity, depicting a man who ironically identifies more with the Indians than with the U.S. Army.
Year: 1967
Genre: Westerns, Westerns
Country: USA
Director: Robert Siodmak
Starring: Jeffrey Hunter, Lawrence Tierney, Mary Ure, Robert Ryan, Robert Shaw, Ty Hardin
Duration: 141 Minutes
Rating: PG - Contains low level violence.
5.8/10
Location in store: Western
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Little Big Man (1970)
Santa Fe Trail (1940)
They Died With Their Boots On (1941)
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