The Legend of Custer

Jan 1, 1968

1h 34m

★ 5.0

EVERY SAVAGE MOMENT FILLS THE SCREEN WITH THE WAR CRIES OF INDIANS...

Overview

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.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

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Cast

Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer

Wayne Maunder

California Joe Milner

Slim Pickens

Crazy Horse

Michael Dante

General Alfred Terry

Robert F. Simon

Ann Landry

Mary Ann Mobley

Captain Marcus A. Reno

Alexander Davion

Captain Myles Keogh

Grant Woods

William R. Tymen

William Mims

Santanya

Rodolfo Acosta

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