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Custer of the West

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Western concluding the Saturday Matinee double bill of films directed by Robert Siodmak.
Starring Robert Shaw, Mary Ure, Jeffrey Hunter

After brilliant military successes in the Civil War, General George Custer goes west to command the Seventh Cavalry and finds himself caught between resentful Indians and the political needs of his superiors. The tense situation leads to the fateful battle at Little Big Horn.
(1968) ***
See Films: pages 44-48

Contributors

Director:
Robert Siodmak
General George Custer:
Robert Shaw
Elizabeth Custer:
Mary Ure
Lieutenant Benteen:
Jeffrey Hunter
Major Marcus Reno:
Ty Hardin
Sergeant Mulligan:
Robert Ryan
Lieutenant Howells:
Charles Stalnaker
Sergeant Buckley:
Robert Hall
General Philip Sheridan:
Lawrence Tierney
Source: Radio Times

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