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Box office. $400,000 (US/Canada rentals) [2] Custer of the West is a 1967 [3] American epic Western film directed by Robert Siodmak that presents a highly fictionalised version of the life and death of George Armstrong Custer, starring Robert Shaw as Custer, Robert Ryan, Ty Hardin, Jeffrey Hunter, and Mary Ure. The film was shot entirely in Spain.
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Custer of the West: Directed by Robert Siodmak. With Robert Shaw, Mary Ure, Ty Hardin, Jeffrey Hunter. 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.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Robert Siodmak
- 1967-11-09
Peter Parasheles. Lillian Kelly. Irving Lerner. Louis Dolivet. Philip Yordan. Bernardo Segall. Bernard Gordon. Julian Zimet. Biopic of General George Armstrong Custer from his rise to prominence in the Civil War through to his "last stand" at the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
Disingenuous locations and tedious scenes, but several highlights. RELEASED IN 1967 and directed by Robert Siodmak, "Custer of the West" is a French/Spanish/American production starring Robert Shaw as the titular hero who becomes the youngest general in the Civil War at 23 and then goes on to fight in the Indian Wars of the northern plains, eventually dying at the Battle of Little Bighorn at ...
Jun 28, 2019 · Custer of the West (1967) Mark Franklin June 28, 2019 1960s. Robert Shaw plays George Custer is this version of his rise to fame as an Indian fighter. Given his choice of assignments by Gen. Sheridan after becoming a hero in the Civil War, Custer demands action. Which means heading to the Dakotas to push Indians off land the whites want.
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When the dust finally settled around his efforts, Custer of the West (1968) stood as an intriguing if flawed portrait of the general's final years due to its ambivalent tone which viewed him as both hero and villain. The opening sequences follow the headstrong Custer (Robert Shaw) through various skirmishes as the War Between the States waned.
