

They Died with Their Boots On(1941)
"A STORY OF UNDYING FAITH!"
Overview
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.
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Errol Flynn
George Armstrong Custer

Olivia de Havilland
Elizabeth Bacon

Arthur Kennedy
Ned Sharp

Charley Grapewin
California Joe

Gene Lockhart
Samuel Bacon, Esq.

Anthony Quinn
Crazy Horse

Stanley Ridges
Maj. Romulus Taipe

John Litel
Gen. Phil Sheridan

Walter Hampden
William Sharp

Sydney Greenstreet
Lt. Gen. Winfield Scott

Regis Toomey
Fitzhugh Lee

Hattie McDaniel
Callie

G.P. Huntley
Lt. 'Queen's Own' Butler

Frank Wilcox
Capt. Webb

Joe Sawyer
Sgt. Doolittle

Minor Watson
Senator Smith

Eddie Acuff
Cpl. Smith (uncredited)

Tod Andrews
Cadet Brown (uncredited)
Cyril Archambault
Lakota Sioux Warrior (uncredited)

Irving Bacon
Uniform Salesman (uncredited)

Walter Baldwin
Settler (uncredited)

Roy Barcroft
Officer (uncredited)

Hank Bell
1st Michigan Officer (uncredited)

Brooks Benedict
Well-Wisher (uncredited)
Edward Biby
Military Officer (uncredited)

Hobart Bosworth
Mr. Cartwright (uncredited)

Rudy Bowman
Trooper (uncredited)

Truman Bradley
7th Michigan officer (uncredited)
Moses Brave
Lakota Sioux Warrior (uncredited)

Virginia Brissac
Woman (uncredited)

Walter Brooke
Cadet Rosser (uncredited)
Jack Budlong
Cavalryman (uncredited)

Lane Chandler
Sentry (uncredited)

Spencer Charters
Station Master (uncredited)
Leo Chasing Hawk
Chief of Indian Scouts (uncredited)

G. Pat Collins
Corporal (uncredited)

Clancy Cooper
Train Conductor (uncredited)

Tex Cooper
Trooper (uncredited)
Victor Cox
Trooper (uncredited)

Joseph Crehan
President Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)

Wade Crosby
Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)
Russell Custer
Barfly (uncredited)

Steve Darrell
Officer (uncredited)
Andrew DeRockbraine
Crazy Horse Rescuer (uncredited)

Joe Devlin
Joe (uncredited)
Moses Dog
Lakota Sioux Warrior (uncredited)

George Eldredge
Capt. Riley (uncredited)
Alvin Elk Nation
Oglala Chief (uncredited)
Amos Elk Nation
Blackfeet Chief (uncredited)

Martin Faust
Officer (uncredited)

Frank Ferguson
Grant's Secretary (uncredited)

Francis Ford
Veteran (uncredited)

William Forrest
Adjutant (uncredited)
Dick French
Officer (uncredited)
Alberta Gary
Jane (uncredited)
Slim Gaut
Trooper (uncredited)
Sol Gorss
Adjutant (uncredited)

Jesse Graves
Black Servant (uncredited)
Michael Grey Eagle
Lakota Sioux Warrior (uncredited)
Raymond Hairy Chin
Lakota Sioux Warrior (uncredited)

John Hamilton
Colonel (uncredited)
Chick Hannan
Trooper (uncredited)

Carl Harbaugh
Sergeant (uncredited)

Weldon Heyburn
Staff Officer (uncredited)

Herbert Heywood
Newsman (uncredited)

Russell Hicks
Colonel of 1st Michigan (uncredited)

Max Hoffman Jr.
Sergeant Reading Telegraph Copy (uncredited)

Edna Holland
Nurse (uncredited)

William Hopper
Lt. Frazier (uncredited)
Joseph Fast Horse Sr.
Sioux Chief (uncredited)

John Hudkins
7th Cavalry Trooper (uncredited)

Selmer Jackson
Capt. McCook (uncredited)
Annabelle Jones
Bacon's Maid #2 (uncredited)

Edward Keane
Congressman (uncredited)

Fred Kelsey
Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)

Joe King
Chairman of Hearing (uncredited)

Paul Kruger
Officer (uncredited)

Harry Lewis
Youth (uncredited)

Vera Lewis
Head Nurse (uncredited)

Arthur Loft
Tillaman (uncredited)

Ian MacDonald
Soldier (uncredited)

Eric Mayne
Congressman (uncredited)

Frank Mayo
Orderly (uncredited)

Sam McDaniel
Waiter Serving Custer (uncredited)

Patrick McVey
Cpl. Jones (uncredited)

Robert Milasch
Townsman (uncredited)

Frank Mills
Barfly (uncredited)
Mike Morelli
Barfly (uncredited)
Edmund Mortimer
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Jack Mower
Telegraph Operator (uncredited)

George Murphy
Cavalryman (uncredited)

Richard Neill
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Anna Q. Nilsson
Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)

Frank Orth
Barfly (uncredited)

Eddie Parker
Sentry (uncredited)
Tex Parker
Soldier (uncredited)
Bob Perry
Officer (uncredited)

Aileen Pringle
Mrs. Sharp (uncredited)
Jack Red Bear
Shosone Chief (uncredited)

George H. Reed
Charles (uncredited)

Renie Riano
Nurse (uncredited)

Addison Richards
Adjutant (uncredited)

John Ridgely
2nd Lt. Davis (uncredited)

Virginia Sale
Nurse (uncredited)
Robert Schoenhut Sr.
Sioux Warrior (uncredited)

James Seay
Lt. Walsh (uncredited)
Frank Shooter
Lakota Sioux Warrior (uncredited)
Garland Smith
Officer (uncredited)

Hugh Sothern
Maj. Smith (uncredited)

Harry Strang
Orderly (uncredited)

Ray Teal
Barfly (uncredited)

Jim Thorpe
Indian (uncredited)

Minerva Urecal
Nurse (uncredited)
William Village Center
Mniconjou Chief (uncredited)

Dick Wessel
Sgt. Brown (uncredited)
Joshua White Shield
Cheyenne Chief (uncredited)

Gig Young
Lt. Roberts (uncredited)
Francis Zahn
Sans Arc Chief (uncredited)
Louis Zamperini
Soldier (uncredited)
Victor Zimmerman
Colonel of 5th Michigan (uncredited)
Jack Tornek
Trooper (uncredited)
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