Errol Flynn
George Armstrong Custer
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They Died with Their Boots On
1942
- 1942 · Western · 2h 18m
They Died with Their Boots On: Directed by Raoul Walsh. With Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Arthur Kennedy, Charley Grapewin. A highly fictionalized account of the life of George Armstrong Custer from his arrival at West Point in 1857 to his death at the battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876.
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- War, Western
- Raoul Walsh
- 1942-01-01
They Died with Their Boots On is a 1941 American biographical western film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland and Arthur Kennedy. It was made and distributed by Warner Bros. and produced by Hal B. Wallis and Robert Fellows,
They Died with Their Boots On (1941) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
George Armstrong Custer (Errol Flynn) is a rebellious but ambitious soldier, eager to join the Civil War. During the war, Custer has numerous successes to his credit, even though he disobeys...
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- Errol Flynn
- Raoul Walsh
- Western
They Died With Their Boots On follows General Custer's voyage from West Point to his death at Little Big Horn. It portrays his conflict with Chief Crazy Horse as an unjust transaction between politicians and a corporate entity taking over indigenous land.
- 139 min
A completely ficticious plot-line turns him into a defender of Native American lands as unscrupulous businessmen conspire to start a war between the USA and the Sioux Nation. Ultimately, Custer and his regiment are forced to intercept the Sioux and their allies.
Under his leadership, the Seventh U.S. Cavalry wages war on the Indians. When Crazy Horse's Sioux agree to move away from their land as the U.S. government has ordered, on condition they are allowed to retain the sacred land in the Black Hills, Custer promises he will defend their rights there.
