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They Died with Their Boots On
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.
1941 · Directed by Raoul Walsh · 140 min · Western · War · Drama · Romance · 9 frames
Tagline
A STORY OF UNDYING FAITH!
Crew
- Screenplay: Wally Kline, Aeneas MacKenzie
- Edited by: William Holmes
- Music: Max Steiner
Cast
- Errol Flynn as George Armstrong Custer
- Olivia de Havilland as Elizabeth Bacon
- Arthur Kennedy as Ned Sharp
- Charley Grapewin as California Joe
- Gene Lockhart as Samuel Bacon, Esq.
- Anthony Quinn as Crazy Horse
- Stanley Ridges as Maj. Romulus Taipe
- John Litel as Gen. Phil Sheridan
- Walter Hampden as William Sharp
- Sydney Greenstreet as Lt. Gen. Winfield Scott
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, Italian
- Studios: Warner Bros. Pictures
- Themes: biography, historical figure, little big horn, exhilarated
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