Summary
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.
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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)
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)
Virginia Brissac
Woman (uncredited)
Walter Brooke
Cadet Rosser (uncredited)
Lane Chandler
Sentry (uncredited)
Spencer Charters
Station Master (uncredited)
G. Pat Collins
Corporal (uncredited)
Clancy Cooper
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Tex Cooper
Trooper (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
President Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)
Wade Crosby
Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)
Steve Darrell
Officer (uncredited)
George Eldredge
Capt. Riley (uncredited)
Martin Faust
Officer (uncredited)
Frank Ferguson
Grant's Secretary (uncredited)
Francis Ford
Veteran (uncredited)
William Forrest
Adjutant (uncredited)
Jesse Graves
Black Servant (uncredited)
John Hamilton
Colonel (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)
John Hudkins
7th Cavalry Trooper (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
Capt. McCook (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)
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)
Aileen Pringle
Mrs. Sharp (uncredited)
George H. Reed
Charles (uncredited)
Renie Riano
Nurse (uncredited)
Addison Richards
Adjutant (uncredited)
John Ridgely
2nd Lt. Davis (uncredited)
Virginia Sale
Nurse (uncredited)
James Seay
Lt. Walsh (uncredited)
Hugh Sothern
Maj. Smith (uncredited)
Harry Strang
Orderly (uncredited)
Ray Teal
Barfly (uncredited)
Jim Thorpe
Indian (uncredited)
Minerva Urecal
Nurse (uncredited)
Dick Wessel
Sgt. Brown (uncredited)
Gig Young
Lt. Roberts (uncredited)