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Custer of the West

Robert Shaw stars in this big-screen biography of maverick American Civil War general George Armstrong Custer, who met his end at Little Big Horn.

Big-screen biography of the maverick general who famously met his end at the battle of Little Big Horn in the Great Sioux War of 1876. After successes in the American Civil War, George Armstrong Custer of the Seventh Cavalry rose through the ranks and became noted as much for his bombastic cruelty as for his heroism in conquests.

2 hours, 14 minutes

Last on

Sun 22 May 2016 13:00

Credits

Role Contributor
General George Armstrong Custer Robert Shaw
Elizabeth Custer Mary Ure
Major Marcus Reno Ty Hardin
Captain Benteen Jeffrey Hunter
Chief Dull Knife Kieron Moore
Sergeant Patrick Mulligan Robert Ryan
Executive Producer Irving Lerner
Director Robert Siodmak

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