The Glory Guys (1965)

6.5/10 112 min Drama Action Western Romance

Overview

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.

Cast

Tom Tryon

Capt. Demas Harrod

Harve Presnell

Sol Rogers

Senta Berger

Lou Woddard

Michael Anderson Jr.

Pvt. Martin Hale

James Caan

Pvt. Anthony Dugan

Slim Pickens

Sgt. James Gregory

Erik Holland

Pvt. Clark Gentry

Adam Williams

Pvt. Lucas Crain

Andrew Duggan

Gen. Frederick McCabe

Michael Forest

Fred Cushman

Robert McQueeney

Maj. Oliver Marcus

Wayne Rogers

Lt. Mike Moran

Alice Backes

Mrs. Doris Poole

Dal McKennon

Karl Harpane

Paul Birch

Commanding General

Stephen Chase

Gen. Hoffman

Henry Beckman

Salesman

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