The Legend of Custer (1968)

  • NR
  • 01/01/1968 (US)
  • Western
  • 1h 34m

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.

Norman Foster

Director

Sam Wanamaker

Director

Samuel A. Peeples

Writer

Shimon Wincelberg

Writer

Cast

Wayne Maunder's headshot

Wayne Maunder

Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer
Slim Pickens's headshot

Slim Pickens

California Joe Milner
Michael Dante's headshot

Michael Dante

Crazy Horse
Robert F. Simon's headshot

Robert F. Simon

General Alfred Terry
Mary Ann Mobley's headshot

Mary Ann Mobley

Ann Landry
Alexander Davion's headshot

Alexander Davion

Captain Marcus A. Reno
Grant Woods's headshot

Grant Woods

Captain Myles Keogh
William Mims's headshot

William Mims

William R. Tymen

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