Date of Releases : 1 January 1942 (USA)

Director : Raoul Walsh

Writers : Wally Kline (screenplay), Æneas MacKenzie (screenplay)

Star Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Arthur Kennedy

Brief: Highly fictionalized account (see the IMDB ‘goofs’ for examples) 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. He has little discipline at the academy but is prepared to stand up to the senior cadet, Ned Sharp, who makes his life miserable. While there he catches the eye of the commandant, Col. (later General) Phil Sheridan and also meets his future bride, Elizabeth Bacon. Graduating early due to the Civil War, it is only through a chance meeting with General Winfield Scott that he finally gets assigned to a cavalry regiment.

Rating: Approved