They Died with Their Boots On (1941)

2h 20min | Drama, Romance, War, Western | Nov 20, 1941 | Released

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.

Director: Raoul Walsh

Producer:

Writer(s): Æneas MacKenzie Wally Kline

Story:

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Cast (120 Members)

Maj. Romulus Taipe

Cpl. Jones

Adjutant

2nd Lt. Davis

Lt. Frazier

Woman

Sgt. Doolittle

Soldier

Lt. Gen. Winfield Scott

Crazy Horse

California Joe

Mrs. Taipe

George Armstrong Custer

Elizabeth Bacon

Ned Sharp

Callie

Colonel of 1st Michigan

Colonel

Gen. Phil Sheridan

Fitzhugh Lee

Mr. Cartwright

Head Nurse

Grant's Secretary

Samuel Bacon, Esq.

Barfly

Senator Smith

Veteran

Uniform Salesman

Cpl. Smith

Officer

Adjutant

Sentry

Station Master

Tillaman

Sgt. Brown

Capt. Webb

Barfly

William Sharp

Lt. Roberts

Joe

Ft. Lincoln Bartender

Chairman of Hearing

Settler

Youth

Nurse

Lt. Walsh

President Ulysses S. Grant

Nurse

Sentry

Barfly

Cadet Rosser

Train Conductor

Adjutant

Restaurant Patron

Corporal

Cadet Brown

Nurse

Cavalryman

Ft. Lincoln Bartender

Capt. McCook

Officer

Well-Wisher

Capt. Riley

Officer

Congressman

7th Michigan officer (uncredited)

Weldon Heyburn

Staff Officer

G.P. Huntley

Lt. 'Queen's Own' Butler

Charles

Orderly

Orderly

Sergeant

Colonel of 5th Michigan

Congressman

Nurse

7th Cavalry Trooper

Waiter Serving Custer

Hugh Sothern

Maj. Smith

Max Hoffman Jr.

Sergeant Reading Telegraph Copy

Telegraph Operator

Newsman

Mrs. Sharp

Officer

Trooper

1st Michigan Officer

Indian

Trooper

Trooper

Trooper

Townsman

Restaurant Patron

Officer

Soldier

Military Officer

Officer

Black Servant

Trooper

Officer

Barfly

Soldier

Barfly

Lakota Sioux Warrior

Lakota Sioux Warrior

Cavalryman

Chief of Indian Scouts

Crazy Horse Rescuer

Lakota Sioux Warrior

Oglala Chief

Blackfeet Chief

Jane

Lakota Sioux Warrior

Lakota Sioux Warrior

Joseph Fast Horse Sr.

Sioux Chief

Bacon's Maid #2

Shosone Chief

Sioux Warrior

Lakota Sioux Warrior

William Village Center

Mniconjou Chief

Joshua White Shield

Cheyenne Chief

Francis Zahn

Sans Arc Chief

Stanley Ridges Maj. Romulus Taipe

Patrick McVey Cpl. Jones

Sol Gorss Adjutant

John Ridgely 2nd Lt. Davis

William Hopper Lt. Frazier

Virginia Brissac Woman

Joe Sawyer Sgt. Doolittle

Ian MacDonald Soldier

Sydney Greenstreet Lt. Gen. Winfield Scott

Anthony Quinn Crazy Horse

Charley Grapewin California Joe

Anna Q. Nilsson Mrs. Taipe

Errol Flynn George Armstrong Custer

Olivia de Havilland Elizabeth Bacon

Arthur Kennedy Ned Sharp

Hattie McDaniel Callie

Russell Hicks Colonel of 1st Michigan

John Hamilton Colonel

John Litel Gen. Phil Sheridan

Regis Toomey Fitzhugh Lee

Hobart Bosworth Mr. Cartwright

Vera Lewis Head Nurse

Frank Ferguson Grant's Secretary

Gene Lockhart Samuel Bacon, Esq.

Frank Orth Barfly

Minor Watson Senator Smith

Francis Ford Veteran

Irving Bacon Uniform Salesman

Eddie Acuff Cpl. Smith

Roy Barcroft Officer

William Forrest Adjutant

Eddie Parker Sentry

Spencer Charters Station Master

Arthur Loft Tillaman

Dick Wessel Sgt. Brown

Frank Wilcox Capt. Webb

Frank Mills Barfly

Walter Hampden William Sharp

Gig Young Lt. Roberts

Joe Devlin Joe

Wade Crosby Ft. Lincoln Bartender

Joe King Chairman of Hearing

Walter Baldwin Settler

Harry Lewis Youth

Edna Holland Nurse

James Seay Lt. Walsh

Joseph Crehan President Ulysses S. Grant

Virginia Sale Nurse

Lane Chandler Sentry

Ray Teal Barfly

Walter Brooke Cadet Rosser

Clancy Cooper Train Conductor

Addison Richards Adjutant

Edmund Mortimer Restaurant Patron

G. Pat Collins Corporal

Tod Andrews Cadet Brown

Minerva Urecal Nurse

George Murphy Cavalryman

Fred Kelsey Ft. Lincoln Bartender

Selmer Jackson Capt. McCook

Steve Darrell Officer

Brooks Benedict Well-Wisher

George Eldredge Capt. Riley

Paul Kruger Officer

Edward Keane Congressman

Truman Bradley 7th Michigan officer (uncredited)

Weldon Heyburn Staff Officer

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

George Reed Charles

Harry Strang Orderly

Frank Mayo Orderly

Carl Harbaugh Sergeant

Victor Zimmerman Colonel of 5th Michigan

Eric Mayne Congressman

Renie Riano Nurse

John Hudkins 7th Cavalry Trooper

Sam McDaniel Waiter Serving Custer

Hugh Sothern Maj. Smith

Max Hoffman Jr. Sergeant Reading Telegraph Copy

Jack Mower Telegraph Operator

Herbert Heywood Newsman

Aileen Pringle Mrs. Sharp

Bob Perry Officer

Tex Cooper Trooper

Hank Bell 1st Michigan Officer

Jim Thorpe Indian

Victor Cox Trooper

Slim Gaut Trooper

Chick Hannan Trooper

Robert Milasch Townsman

Richard Neill Restaurant Patron

Martin Faust Officer

Tex Parker Soldier

Edward Biby Military Officer

Dick French Officer

Jesse Graves Black Servant

Rudy Bowman Trooper

Garland Smith Officer

Russell Custer Barfly

Louis Zamperini Soldier

Mike Morelli Barfly

Cyril Archambault Lakota Sioux Warrior

Moses Brave Lakota Sioux Warrior

Jack Budlong Cavalryman

Leo Chasing Hawk Chief of Indian Scouts

Andrew DeRockbraine Crazy Horse Rescuer

Moses Dog Lakota Sioux Warrior

Alvin Elk Nation Oglala Chief

Amos Elk Nation Blackfeet Chief

Alberta Gary Jane

Michael Grey Eagle Lakota Sioux Warrior

Raymond Hairy Chin Lakota Sioux Warrior

Joseph Fast Horse Sr. Sioux Chief

Annabelle Jones Bacon's Maid #2

Jack Red Bear Shosone Chief

Robert Schoenhut Sr. Sioux Warrior

Frank Shooter Lakota Sioux Warrior

William Village Center Mniconjou Chief

Joshua White Shield Cheyenne Chief

Francis Zahn Sans Arc Chief

Crew (4 Members)

Max Steiner

Original Music Composer

Raoul Walsh

Director

Æneas MacKenzie

Screenplay

Wally Kline

Screenplay

Max Steiner Original Music Composer

Raoul Walsh Director

Æneas MacKenzie Screenplay

Wally Kline Screenplay

Age At Time Of Release

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They Died with Their Boots On (1941)

2h 20min | Drama, Romance, War, Western | Nov 20, 1941 | Released

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