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The Legend of Custer

(1968)

January 1, 1968• 1h 34m
50%
TMDB Score

Overview

Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer has been reinstated and assigned to command the 7th Cavalry Regiment at Fort Hays. The regiment has become a ragtag outfit of thieves and ruffians and Custer must whip the soldiers into shape to fight, the Kiowa, Sioux and Blackfoot tribes who confront them. These tribes are being supplied shotguns by a white gunrunner and Custer and his men must rescue General Terry and the Fifth Cavalry Regiment from annihilation when they are ambushed and trapped by a large Kiowa war party.

Norman Foster

Director

Top Billed Cast

WM

Wayne Maunder

Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer

SP

Slim Pickens

California Joe Milner

MD

Michael Dante

Crazy Horse

RFS

Robert F. Simon

General Alfred Terry

MAM

Mary Ann Mobley

Ann Landry

AD

Alexander Davion

Captain Marcus A. Reno

GW

Grant Woods

Captain Myles Keogh

WM

William Mims

William R. Tymen

RA

Rodolfo Acosta

Santanya

RS

Richard Schuyler

Indian Brave