They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
Overview
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.
Cast
Errol Flynn
George Armstrong Custer
Olivia de Havilland
Elizabeth Bacon
Arthur Kennedy
Ned Sharp
Charley Grapewin
California Joe
Gene Lockhart
Samuel Bacon, Esq.
Anthony Quinn
Crazy Horse
Stanley Ridges
Maj. Romulus Taipe
John Litel
Gen. Phil Sheridan
Walter Hampden
William Sharp
Sydney Greenstreet
Lt. Gen. Winfield Scott
Regis Toomey
Fitzhugh Lee
Hattie McDaniel
Callie
G.P. Huntley
Lt. 'Queen's Own' Butler
Frank Wilcox
Capt. Webb
Joe Sawyer
Sgt. Doolittle
Minor Watson
Senator Smith
Eddie Acuff
Cpl. Smith (uncredited)
Tod Andrews
Cadet Brown (uncredited)
Irving Bacon
Uniform Salesman (uncredited)Recommendations
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