The Great Sioux Massacre

Apr 25, 1965

1h 41m

★ 4.2

Blood-Vengeance Clashed With Custer's Cavalry!

Overview

Colonel Custer, an outspoken believer in fair treatment for the Indians, is ousted from his post and forced into retirement. Fueled by ambition when a Senator Blaine convinces him to run for President, Custer decides to upstage General Terry at Little Big Horn.

Genres

Drama

Western

History

Production Companies

Leon Fromkess-Sam Firks Productions

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Major Marcus A. Reno

Joseph Cotten

Captain Frederick William Benton

Darren McGavin

Colonel George Armstrong Custer

Philip Carey

Caroline Reno

Julie Sommars

Libbie Custer

Nancy Kovack

Dakota

John Matthews

Sitting Bull

Michael Pate

Senator Blaine

Don Haggerty

General Alfred Howe Terry

Frank Ferguson

Mr. Turner

Stacy Harris

Crazy Horse

Iron Eyes Cody

Mark Cambridge, a reporter

House Peters Jr.

Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer has been reinstated and assigned to command the 7th Cavalry Regiment at Fort Hays. The regiment has become a ragtag outfit of thieves and ruffians and Custer must whip the soldiers into shape to fight, the Kiowa, Sioux and Blackfoot tribes who confront them. These tribes are being supplied shotguns by a white gunrunner and Custer and his men must rescue General Terry and the Fifth Cavalry Regiment from annihilation when they are ambushed and trapped by a large Kiowa war party.

6.5

The Glory Guys

Jul 7, 1965

Though a fictionalized Western based on George Armstrong Custer's 7th Cavalry Regiment at the Battle of the Little Big Horn, the film is almost a generic war story covering the enlistment, training, and operational deployment of a group of recruits that could take place in any time period.

5.2

Bugles in the Afternoon

Mar 4, 1952

Old enemies stationed together at an Army post vie for the same woman.

5.3

Lakota Nation vs. United States

Jun 11, 2022

Poet Layli Long Soldier crafts a searing portrait of her Oyate’s connection to the Black Hills, through first contact and broken treaties to the promise of the Land Back movement, in this lyrical testament to resilience of a nation.

5.9

Custer of the West

Nov 9, 1967

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.

5.5

Don't Touch the White Woman!

Jan 23, 1974

A highly stylized surreal farce about the events leading up to Custer's Last Stand anachronistically reenacted in an urban renewal area in modern Paris.

7.0

Custer's Last Stand

Jan 17, 2012

Follow General George Armstrong Custer from his memorable, wild charge at Gettysburg to his lonely, untimely death on the windswept Plains of the West. On June 26, 1876, Custer, a reputation for fearless and often reckless courage ordered his soldiers to drive back a large army of Lakota and Cheyenne warriors. By day's end, Custer and nearly a third of his army were dead.

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.

5.2

Sitting Bull

Oct 6, 1954

Chief Sitting Bull of the Sioux tribe is forced by the Indian-hating General Custer to react with violence, resulting in the famous Last Stand at Little Bighorn. Parrish, a friend to the Sioux, tries to prevent the bloodshed, but is court- martialed for "collaborating" with the enemy. Sitting Bull, however, manages to intercede with President Grant on Parrish's behalf.

6.4

Red Tomahawk

Jan 1, 1967

After Custer's defeat an army captain tries to warn a small town that the Sioux are coming. The inhabitants own two machine-guns but don't want to lend them to him.

6.2

Little Big Horn

Jun 15, 1951

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

0.0

Crazy Horse and Custer: The Untold Story

Jan 1, 1990

Custer has been demoted from general and is assigned to shape up a squad of soldiers, but it's not long before he disobeys orders and goes into action; at one point, he joins forces with Crazy Horse where he gets the chance to offer the "white man" 's justifications.

5.9

The Massacre

Dec 19, 1912

The story of the massacre of an Indian village, and the ensuing retaliation.

4.5

Custer's Last Stand

Jan 2, 1936

Kit Cardigan seeks the killer of his father...among other plot threads leading up to the famous historical incident.