The Legend of Custer (1968)

5.0/10 94 min Western

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.

Cast

Wayne Maunder

Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer

Slim Pickens

California Joe Milner

Michael Dante

Crazy Horse

Robert F. Simon

General Alfred Terry

Mary Ann Mobley

Ann Landry

Alexander Davion

Captain Marcus A. Reno

Grant Woods

Captain Myles Keogh

Rodolfo Acosta

Santanya

Recommendations

Barquero
Ramrod
Backlash
El Dorado
Two Rode Together
Billy Two Hats
They Died with Their Boots On
Dodge City
The Man from the Alamo
Jubal
Firecreek
Run of the Arrow
The Comancheros
Decision at Sundown
Flaming Star
The Stalking Moon
Man Without a Star
El Gringo
Comanche Station
Dances with Wolves