They Died with Their Boots On (1941)

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Cast overview, first billed only:
	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 (as George P. Huntley Jr.)
	Frank Wilcox	...	Capt. Webb
	Joe Sawyer	...	Sgt. Doolittle (as Joseph Sawyer)

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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. He served with distinction during the war and when he is promoted to Brigadier General in error, he leads his troops in a decisive victory. He has little to do after the war turning down lucrative positions in private industry and it's his wife who arranges with Gen... Written by garykmcd  

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