Little Big Horn

Jun 15, 1951

1h 26m

★ 6.2

Fifty painted Sioux to every one of their GALLANT few!

Overview

Two cavalry officers (Lloyd Bridges, John Ireland) lead a patrol to warn Gen. Custer about an ambush.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Bali Productions Inc.

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Cast

Capt. Phillip Donlin

Lloyd Bridges

Lt. John Haywood

John Ireland

Celie Donlin

Marie Windsor

Sgt. Maj. Peter Grierson

Reed Hadley

Cpl. Doan Moylan

Jim Davis

Pvt. Danny Zecca

Wally Cassell

Pvt. Al DeWalt

Hugh O'Brian

Pvt. James Corbo

King Donovan

Pvt. Mitch Shovels

Richard Emory

Sgt. Vet McCloud

John Pickard

Pvt. David Mason

Robert Sherwood

Quince

Sheb Wooley

After the Civil War, ex-Union Colonel John Henry Thomas and ex-Confederate Colonel James Langdon are leading two disparate groups of people through strife-torn Mexico. John Henry and company are bringing horses to the unpopular Mexican government for $35 a head while Langdon is leading a contingent of displaced southerners, who are looking for a new life in Mexico after losing their property to carpetbaggers. The two men are eventually forced to mend their differences in order to fight off both bandits and revolutionaries, as they try to lead their friends and kin to safety.

6.6

They Died with Their Boots On

Nov 20, 1941

The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains the 7th Cavalry, appeases Chief Crazy Horse and later engages in bloody battle with the Sioux nation.

6.9

The Horse Soldiers

Jun 11, 1959

A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail supply center. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes instant antipathy between him and the commander. The secret plan for the mission is overheard by a southern belle who must be taken along to assure her silence.

7.7

The Searchers

May 16, 1956

As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable.

6.2

Chuka

Jul 23, 1967

A group under siege at an Army fort grapple with painful memories.

7.0

Ulzana's Raid

Oct 27, 1972

A report reaches the US Army Cavalry that the Apache leader Ulzana has left his reservation with a band of followers. A compassionate young officer, Lieutenant DeBuin, is given a small company to find him and bring him back; accompanying the troop is McIntosh, an experienced scout, and Ke-Ni-Tay, an Apache guide. Ulzana massacres, rapes and loots across the countryside; and as DeBuin encounters the remains of his victims, he is compelled to learn from McIntosh and to confront his own naivity and hidden prejudices.

6.6

They Came to Cordura

Jun 1, 1959

An army major, himself guilty of cowardice, is asked to recommended soldiers for the Congressional Medal of Honor during the Mexican Border Incursion of 1916.

6.7

Cheyenne Autumn

Oct 15, 1964

A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyenne.

0.0

The Scarlet West

Jul 26, 1925

Cardelanche, the son of an Indian chief, returns from the East to find himself rejected by his own people. He is made captain of the U.S. army when he saves a detachment of cavalry from a group of renegade Indians, and further removes himself from his race when he develops a relationship with Miriam, the daughter of the Fort Remmington commandant. Lieutenant Parkman (Walker) gets into a fight with Cardelanche when Parkman is demoted, while General Custer's troops are slaughtered by Cardelanche's people. Cardelanche decides that his true allegiance is to his own race, and gives up Miriam to return to them.

5.4

Seminole

Mar 20, 1953

Lance Caldwell, a cavalry lieutenant, recounts his efforts to make peace with the Seminole Indian tribe, under an evil major.

5.4

A Thunder of Drums

Sep 26, 1961

Captain Maddocks will never be promoted beyond Captain because of a mistake that he made in the past. Lt. McQuade is a green rookie who is now under the command of the tough Captain and he does not seem to be able to do anything right. Lt. McQuade also has trouble with Tracey, but it will be the renegade Indians that will test him and teach him the importance of following orders.

5.3

A Distant Trumpet

May 20, 1964

In 1883, US Cavalry lieutenant Matthew Hazard, newly graduated from West Point, is assigned to isolated Fort Delivery on the Mexican border of Arizona, where he meets commanding officer Teddy Mainwarring's wife Kitty, whom he later rescues from an Indian attack.

6.3

Tonka

Dec 25, 1958

Young Indian brave White Bull captures and tames a wild stallion and names him Tonka. But when White Bull's cruel cousin claims Tonka for his own and mistreats the horse, White Bull sets him free. Tonka finally finds a home with Capt. Keogh and the 7th Calvary, and in 1876, rides into the Battle of Little Big Horn with General Armstrong Custer, becoming its only survivor.