Rating:
6.6/10 by 106 users
They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
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.
Directing:
- Raoul Walsh
- B. Reeves Eason
- Claude Archer
- Russell Saunders
- Arthur Lueker
- Wally Kline
- Æneas MacKenzie
Release Date:
Thu, Nov 20, 1941
Rating: 6.6/10 by 106 users
Alternative Title:
Der Held des Westens - AT
Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Italiano
Runtime: 02 hour 20 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Plot Keyword: biography, historical figure, little big horn, sitting bull, general custer
Rating: 6.6/10 by 106 users
Alternative Title:
Der Held des Westens - AT
Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Italiano
Runtime: 02 hour 20 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Plot Keyword: biography, historical figure, little big horn, sitting bull, general custer
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)
Cyril Archambault
Lakota Sioux Warrior (uncredited)
Irving Bacon
Uniform Salesman (uncredited)
Walter Baldwin
Settler (uncredited)
Roy Barcroft
Officer (uncredited)
Hank Bell
1st Michigan Officer (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict
Well-Wisher (uncredited)
Edward Biby
Military Officer (uncredited)
Hobart Bosworth
Mr. Cartwright (uncredited)
Rudy Bowman
Trooper (uncredited)
Truman Bradley
7th Michigan officer (uncredited)
Moses Brave
Lakota Sioux Warrior (uncredited)
Virginia Brissac
Woman (uncredited)
Walter Brooke
Cadet Rosser (uncredited)
Jack Budlong
Cavalryman (uncredited)
Lane Chandler
Sentry (uncredited)
Spencer Charters
Station Master (uncredited)
Leo Chasing Hawk
Chief of Indian Scouts (uncredited)
G. Pat Collins
Corporal (uncredited)
Clancy Cooper
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Tex Cooper
Trooper (uncredited)
Victor Cox
Trooper (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
President Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)
Wade Crosby
Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)
Russell Custer
Barfly (uncredited)
Steve Darrell
Officer (uncredited)
Andrew DeRockbraine
Crazy Horse Rescuer (uncredited)
Joe Devlin
Joe (uncredited)
Moses Dog
Lakota Sioux Warrior (uncredited)
George Eldredge
Capt. Riley (uncredited)
Alvin Elk Nation
Oglala Chief (uncredited)
Amos Elk Nation
Blackfeet Chief (uncredited)
Martin Faust
Officer (uncredited)
Frank Ferguson
Grant's Secretary (uncredited)
Francis Ford
Veteran (uncredited)
William Forrest
Adjutant (uncredited)
Dick French
Officer (uncredited)
Alberta Gary
Jane (uncredited)
Slim Gaut
Trooper (uncredited)
Sol Gorss
Adjutant (uncredited)
Jesse Graves
Black Servant (uncredited)
Michael Grey Eagle
Lakota Sioux Warrior (uncredited)
Raymond Hairy Chin
Lakota Sioux Warrior (uncredited)
John Hamilton
Colonel (uncredited)
Chick Hannan
Trooper (uncredited)
Carl Harbaugh
Sergeant (uncredited)
Weldon Heyburn
Staff Officer (uncredited)
Herbert Heywood
Newsman (uncredited)
Russell Hicks
Colonel of 1st Michigan (uncredited)
Max Hoffman Jr.
Sergeant Reading Telegraph Copy (uncredited)
Edna Holland
Nurse (uncredited)
William Hopper
Lt. Frazier (uncredited)
Joseph Fast Horse Sr.
Sioux Chief (uncredited)
John Hudkins
7th Cavalry Trooper (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
Capt. McCook (uncredited)
Annabelle Jones
Bacon's Maid #2 (uncredited)
Edward Keane
Congressman (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey
Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)
Joe King
Chairman of Hearing (uncredited)
Paul Kruger
Officer (uncredited)
Harry Lewis
Youth (uncredited)
Vera Lewis
Head Nurse (uncredited)
Arthur Loft
Tillaman (uncredited)
Ian MacDonald
Soldier (uncredited)
Eric Mayne
Congressman (uncredited)
Frank Mayo
Orderly (uncredited)
Sam McDaniel
Waiter Serving Custer (uncredited)
Patrick McVey
Cpl. Jones (uncredited)
Robert Milasch
Townsman (uncredited)
Frank Mills
Barfly (uncredited)
Mike Morelli
Barfly (uncredited)
Edmund Mortimer
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Jack Mower
Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
George Murphy
Cavalryman (uncredited)
Richard Neill
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Anna Q. Nilsson
Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
Frank Orth
Barfly (uncredited)
Eddie Parker
Sentry (uncredited)
Tex Parker
Soldier (uncredited)
Bob Perry
Officer (uncredited)
Aileen Pringle
Mrs. Sharp (uncredited)
Jack Red Bear
Shosone Chief (uncredited)
George H. Reed
Charles (uncredited)
Renie Riano
Nurse (uncredited)
Addison Richards
Adjutant (uncredited)
John Ridgely
2nd Lt. Davis (uncredited)
Virginia Sale
Nurse (uncredited)
Robert Schoenhut Sr.
Sioux Warrior (uncredited)
James Seay
Lt. Walsh (uncredited)
Frank Shooter
Lakota Sioux Warrior (uncredited)
Garland Smith
Officer (uncredited)
Hugh Sothern
Maj. Smith (uncredited)
Harry Strang
Orderly (uncredited)
Ray Teal
Barfly (uncredited)
Jim Thorpe
Indian (uncredited)
Minerva Urecal
Nurse (uncredited)
William Village Center
Mniconjou Chief (uncredited)
Dick Wessel
Sgt. Brown (uncredited)
Joshua White Shield
Cheyenne Chief (uncredited)
Gig Young
Lt. Roberts (uncredited)
Francis Zahn
Sans Arc Chief (uncredited)
Louis Zamperini
Soldier (uncredited)
Victor Zimmerman
Colonel of 5th Michigan (uncredited)
This tale of the rise and fall of the enigmatically charming, if flawed, General George Armstrong Custer has much less to do with American history than it has to do with Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland at the box office; so I think it's best we treat this as much more fiction that fact. In that spirit, this is quite an exciting, if melodramatic, outing for the stars. The film is too long, but moves along OK and the battle scenes are competent. Sydney Greenstreet and his creamed onions steal this for me before a well staged battle at the "Little Big Horn"
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