Custer of the West

G

1968

2h 20m

Biography

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25%

8 Reviews

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32%

500+ Ratings

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Gen. George Armstrong Custer (Robert Shaw) offends politicians and ends up with the 7th Cavalry at the Little Bighorn.

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Variety Staff

Variety

Capable, audience-involving adventure on the visual level which doesn't rise to the epic stature but is content to resume the 'facts' about the Seventh Cavalry without taking a coherent attitude to them.

Mar 3, 2008

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

It's an ambitious and occasionally stylish work, expertly crafted but let down by a script which doesn't quite decide what angle to take on its controversial protagonist.

Feb 9, 2006

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Renata Adler

New York Times

So much strange cutting and botching went into the job that it is nearly impossible to follow the story and that the moment of Custer's great crisis of some sort is completely impossible to understand.

May 9, 2005

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TV Guide

This film hints at being a successful epic but is ultimately just a modest biography of Civil War general George Custer.

Rated: 2/4

Mar 3, 2008

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

A lumbering biopic on the misunderstood courageous Civil War and Indian fighter General George Armstrong Custer.

Rated: C+

Jun 29, 2007

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Chuck O'Leary

Fantastica Daily

Rated: 3/5

Oct 6, 2005

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Audience Member

Custer of the West is absolute fictional Hollywood nonsense, with little or no basis in actual historical events, made only to glorify Custer and to amplify the myths about the Battle of the Little Bighorn. It's satisfying to see that it did terrible at the box office, and only regained 10 percent of its budget.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Audience Member

This is a truly wonderful film. A genuine escape into the campaign that Custer found himself at the head of. Robert Shaw excellently captures the sense of anachronism that Custer feels about his own place in the world. With care & balance, the film explores the bloodshed of the Westward expansion of the United States. I've watched it my whole life and will continue to do so, a remarkable film too often over looked!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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another re-telling of Custer's life in the west so i guess u could call it a bio-western

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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a.l.jude p

A decent effort to depict US history. Very enjoyable, simple as that !

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Sprawling, impressively shot but extremely over long, by about an hour, history revision. Shaw is good in the lead.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Audience Member

Custer was a CRAZY..........

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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Robert Siodmak

Director

Robert Shaw

Gen. George Armstrong Custer

Mary Ure

Elizabeth Custer

Jeffrey Hunter

Capt. Benteen

Ty Hardin

Maj. Marcus Reno

Charles Stalmaker

Lt. Howells

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Synopsis

Gen. George Armstrong Custer (Robert Shaw) offends politicians and ends up with the 7th Cavalry at the Little Bighorn.

Director: Robert Siodmak
Production Co: Cinerama Productions Corp., Security Pictures
Rating: G
Genre: Biography
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 30, 2018
Runtime: 2h 20m

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