George Armstrong Custer on Film
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1. Custer's Last Fight (1912)
30 min | Short, Action, Adventure
Director: Francis Ford | Stars: Francis Ford, Grace Cunard, William Eagle Shirt, J. Barney Sherry
Votes: 92
2. Campaigning with Custer (1913)
Western, Short
"General Custer is stationed at Fort Riley in the early '70's to suppress the Sioux. He sends Captain Clifford with an important message to Fort Wallace. Clifford learns of the contemplated... See full summary »
Director: Henry MacRae | Stars: William Clifford, Sherman Bainbridge, Val Paul, Clarence Burton
3. Colonel Custard's Last Stand (1914)
Comedy, Short
Colonel Custard is awakened from his afternoon sleep by a bugle blowing in his ear. The bugler proves to be his daughter's lover. The irate Colonel hurls a bucket out of the window at the ... See full summary »
Stars: Lloyd Hamilton, Betty Burbridge, James Douglass, Harry Russell
4. On the Little Big Horn or Custer's Last Stand (1909)
Short, Action, Drama
The order of disarmament, issued in the Winter of 1S74, and the arrest of "Rain in the Face" by young Tom Custer, is shown in our first three scenes. Then, "two years later," we witness the... See full summary »
Director: Francis Boggs | Stars: Hobart Bosworth, Betty Harte, Frank Walsh
5. Custer of Big Horn (1926)
55 min | Drama, Western
Frontier scout, buffalo hunter, and all-around good guy Lem Hawks romances Betty Rossman amid the backdrop of a fictional account of events that lead to the Battle of Little Bighorn.
Director: Harry L. Fraser | Stars: John Beck, Roy Stewart, Edmund Cobb, Arthur Morrison
Votes: 26
6. Sitting Bull (1954)
Approved | 105 min | Drama, Western
A cavalry officer sympathetic to the wronged Sioux fixes a meeting between Chief Sitting Bull and President Grant but a dishonest Indian Agent and a hateful General Custer test the Sioux's patience, threatening to derail the peace-talks.
Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: Dale Robertson, Mary Murphy, J. Carrol Naish, John Litel
Votes: 897 | Gross: $1.50M
7. Custer's Last Stand (I) (1936)
Passed | 328 min | War, Western
When some men are attacked by Indians, a survivor obtains an Indian medicine arrow. An Indian tells Blade he has found gold but will not tell him where until he has that arrow. So Blade ... See full summary »
Director: Elmer Clifton | Stars: Rex Lease, Lona Andre, William Farnum, Ruth Mix
Votes: 251
8. Son of the Morning Star (1991– )
PG-13 | 187 min | Biography, History, Western
The story of George Custer, Crazy Horse and the events prior to the battle of the Little Bighorn, told from the different perspectives of two women.
Stars: Gary Cole, Rosanna Arquette, Stanley Anderson, Edward Blatchford
Votes: 1,059
aka Son of the Morning Star
9. They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
Approved | 140 min | War, Western
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.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Arthur Kennedy, Charley Grapewin
Votes: 6,912
10. Custer of the West (1967)
G | 143 min | Biography, Drama, History
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.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Robert Shaw, Mary Ure, Ty Hardin, Jeffrey Hunter
Votes: 1,622
11. Custer (1967)
60 min | Western
In 1868, after the Civil War, Custer takes charge of a mix of ex-Confederates and criminals, the 7th Cavalry Regiment at Fort Hays, Kansas.
Stars: Wayne Maunder, Slim Pickens, Michael Dante, Robert F. Simon
Votes: 152
12. The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer (1977 TV Movie)
74 min | Drama
General Custer is on trial for the deaths of his men at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: James Olson, Ken Howard, Brian Keith, Blythe Danner
Votes: 68
13. The Great Sioux Massacre (1965)
Approved | 91 min | Action, Biography, Drama
A somewhat different take on Custer's motivation that changed him from a defender of Native-American rights into a politically-driven, headline-seeker chastiser of the Sioux during the 1870s.
Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: Joseph Cotten, Darren McGavin, Philip Carey, Julie Sommars
Votes: 709
14. Little Big Man (1970)
PG-13 | 139 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Native Americans and fighting with General Custer.
Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Chief Dan George, Martin Balsam
Votes: 37,914 | Gross: $31.56M
15. The Legend of Custer (1968)
94 min | Drama, Western
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 ... See full summary »
Directors: Norman Foster, Sam Wanamaker | Stars: Wayne Maunder, Slim Pickens, Michael Dante, Robert F. Simon
Votes: 116
16. Class of '61 (1993 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 95 min | Action, Drama
Three West Point 1861 generation cadets and friends go on opposite sides after the breakout of The Civil War, with tragic consequences. A subplot involves Lucius, a Shelby Peyton's slave, who kills a slave trader and goes on the run.
Director: Gregory Hoblit | Stars: Christien Anholt, Andre Braugher, Dan Futterman, Josh Lucas
Votes: 483
17. Crazy Horse (1996 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 90 min | Action, Biography, Drama
The legendary Native American chieftain refuses to go with his people peacefully to the reservation and starts a rebellion.
Director: John Irvin | Stars: Michael Greyeyes, Victor Aaron, Nathaniel Arcand, Frankie Avina
Votes: 519
18. Into the West (2005)
TV-14 | 92 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Tales from the American West in the 19th century, told from the perspective of two families, one of white settlers and one of Native Americans.
Stars: Joseph M. Marshall, Irene Bedard, Gil Birmingham, John Terry
Votes: 7,557
19. Gettysburg: Three Days of Destiny (2004 Video)
PG | 86 min | Action, Drama, History
Gettysburg Three days of Destiny is the compelling story of the commanders, decisions and pivotal moments of the battle that turned the tide of the American Civil War
Director: Robert Child | Stars: Steve Schlosser, Bob Bosler, Benjamin Bidlack, Andy Waskie
Votes: 121
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