They Died with Their Boots On

Synopsis

The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains the 7th Cavalry, appeases Chief Crazy Horse and later engages in bloody battle with the Sioux nation.

Cast

Errol FlynnGeorge Armstrong Custer

Olivia de HavillandElizabeth Bacon

Arthur KennedyNed Sharp

Charley GrapewinCalifornia Joe

Gene LockhartSamuel Bacon, Esq.

Anthony QuinnCrazy Horse

Stanley RidgesMaj. Romulus Taipe

John LitelGen. Phil Sheridan

Walter HampdenWilliam Sharp

Sydney GreenstreetLt. Gen. Winfield Scott

Regis ToomeyFitzhugh Lee

Hattie McDanielCallie

G.P. HuntleyLt. 'Queen's Own' Butler

Frank WilcoxCapt. Webb

Joe SawyerSgt. Doolittle

Minor WatsonSenator Smith

Eddie AcuffCpl. Smith (uncredited)

Tod AndrewsCadet Brown (uncredited)

Cyril ArchambaultLakota Sioux Warrior (uncredited)

Irving BaconUniform Salesman (uncredited)

Crew

Assistant Director

Russell Saunders

Cinematography

Bert Glennon

Director

Raoul Walsh

Editor

William Holmes

First Assistant Director

Arthur Lueker

Original Music Composer

Max Steiner

Screenplay

Wally Kline

Screenplay

Æneas MacKenzie

Second Assistant Director

Claude Archer

Second Unit Director

B. Reeves Eason