History ·Western ·Drama · United States of America · 1967 · 2h 23m

Custer of the West

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Director
Robert Siodmak
Cast
Robert Shaw as General George Armstrong Custer Mary Ure as Elizabeth Custer Ty Hardin as Major Marcus Reno Jeffrey Hunter as Captain Benteen Lawrence Tierney as General Philip Sheridan Marc Lawrence as Gold Miner
Crew
Cecilio Paniagua — Director of Photography Maurice Rootes — Editor Peter Parasheles — Editor Bernardo Segall — Original Music Composer Julian Zimet — Writer Bernard Gordon — Writer
Tagline

From the fury and chaos of the Civil War to the glory days of the 7th Cavalry ...to the final earth-shaking charge at Little Big Horn!

Synopsis

The story of U.S. Army commander 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.

Mood & Themes
little big hornsioux tribeamerican civil warcheyenneu.s. cavalryhistorical dramabattle of the little bighorn19th centurybased on real person
Key Collaborators
Robert Siodmak Director Cecilio Paniagua Director of Photography Maurice Rootes Editor Peter Parasheles Editor Bernardo Segall Original Music Composer Julian Zimet Writer Bernard Gordon Writer Louis Dolivet Producer Philip Yordan Producer Laure Lourié Costume Design
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