Custer of the West – George Armstrong Custer’s love of the heroic traditions of the Calvary and his distaste with the coming of industrialization leads him to his destiny at the Little Big Horn.
Custer of the West (1967)
Director: Robert Siodmak
Writers: Bernard Gordon, Julian Zimet
Stars: Robert Shaw, Mary Ure, Ty Hardin
Genres: Biography | Drama | History | War | Western
Runtime: 2h 15min
Country: UK | France | Spain | USA
Language: English
Filming Locations: Colmenar Viejo, Madrid, Spain
Also Known As: Last Post – US Kavallerie Western-Klassiker Box,
Storyline:
The story of U.S. Army commander George Armstrong Custer, a flamboyant hero of the Civil War who later fought and was exterminated with his entire command by warring Sioux and Cheyenne tribes at the battle of Little Big Horn in 1876.
Reviews:
“Robert Siodmak’s account of George Armstrong Custer has been all too readily dismissed as a self important, would-be epic hampered by the miscasting of Robert Shaw in the title role. In fact it is quite an interesting film that gives dimension this notorious historical figure. Shaw’s English accent makes him essentially unsuitable for the role of the golden haired, arrogant soldier, but he turns in a typically sound performance that gives the film a solid centre. The script doesn’t settle for the clichés of Custer as a brutal Indian hater nor the ridiculous Errol Flynn archetypes, but something in-between. Here Custer is portrayed as a reckless glory hunter and an obsessive fighter certainly, but also as a man who clung to his honour as a soldier. In any case he was an important instrument of the US government’s policy of driving the Indians out of their lands to make way for the settlers. “You are paying the price for being backward”, Custer explains to an Indian Chief. Robert Ryan’s cameo as Mulligan defines Custer’s attitude towards humanity while the scene where Custer is asked to endorse an armoured train affirms his honourable notions of a soldier’s ideals. Bernado Seagall’s music score is superb, performances, particularly Mary Ure as Custer’s wife are excellent and there are several memorable scenes that put the events and the man into a wider historical context. Director Siodmak makes good use of wide screen photography, and the Battle of the Little Big Horn makes a poignant finale. The film may be slowly paced, yet it never bores and presents on the whole the film presents a worthy portrait of this infamous historical figure.” Written by Colonel Ted on IMDb.com
Also Known As (AKA)
(original title): Custer of the West
Argentina: La última aventura
Austria: Ein Tag zum Kämpfen
Brazil: Os Bravos Não se Rendem
Brazil (alternative title): General Custer do Oeste
Canada (English title): Custer of the West
Chile: Las aventuras del general Custer
Denmark: General Custers sidste kamp
Finland: Kenraali Custer – Lännen suuri taistelija
France: Custer, l’homme de l’Ouest
France (pre-release title): Général Custer de l’ouest
Germany (DVD box title): Last Post – US Kavallerie Western-Klassiker Box
Germany (DVD box title): US Western und ihre Stars
Germany (DVD box title): US Western im Bürgerkrieg
Greece (transliterated title): I istoria grafetai stin Dysi
Hungary: Custer tábornok
Italy: Custer eroe del West
Japan (Japanese title): カスター将軍
Mexico: La última aventura
Poland: General Custer
Portugal: Custer, herói do Oeste
Romania: Custer al Vestului
Slovenia (DVD title): Custer z zahoda
Soviet Union (Russian title): Последний подвиг
Spain (alternative title): La gran aventura
Spain (alternative title): La última aventura
Spain: La última aventura del general Custer
Sweden: Slaget vid Little Big Horn
Turkey (Turkish title): Son Savaş
UK: Custer of the West
USA (working title): Custer
West Germany: Big Horn – Ein Tag zum Kämpfen
West Germany: Ein Tag zum Kämpfen
Yugoslavia (Serbian title): Kaster sa Zapada
(short version): A Good Day for Fighting
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This is a fair retelling of Custer and the events that lead to Little Big Horn. Love the music of this film. Robert Shaw did better in Jaws, but still he did fair good job at playing Custer.
George Armstrong Custer:”I wanna be in action.”
Modern human:”I want easy work!”
So much for getting civilized.
How many stars are on that flag? Seems way too many for this country in 1861.
awesome!
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Interesting to see the policy done by the Ticks (Politics) if you take my meaning. Also a good watch thanks for this. I do wonder where all of the Braves Bodies went to in the last scene as all the Braves rode off and as the Movie shows they did not stop too long after Custer was dead!
John, Australia.
المعزرة يا متابعين هناك أمر عظيم يحدث بالعالم يجب علينا الرجوع إلى الله لا تصمو أذانكم لاتقسوا قلوبكم مثل الحديد
What a ride,scary,omg
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One can only imagine how lucky a man can be charging into such a barrage of fire and end up without a single scratch while thousand upon thousands of his fellow soldiers succumb to death and anguishment of their families. Military life is something enshrined in humanity itself since man surfaced on earth and lived in a constant shortage of material needs and a guarantee of his personal security.
I remember this one!