They Died with Their Boots On (1941) - film review

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They Died with Their Boots On is an American western first released in 1941, directed by Raoul Walsh. The film stars Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Arthur Kennedy, Charley Grapewin and Gene Lockhart. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Director: Raoul Walsh
Script: Wally Kline, Æneas MacKenzie, Lenore J. Coffee
Photo: Bert Glennon
Music: Max Steiner
Cast: 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 (Sen. Smith), Eleanor Parker (Bit part (scenes deleted)), Eddie Acuff (Cpl. Smith), Tod Andrews (Cadet Brown), Irving Bacon (Uniform salesman), Walter Baldwin (Settler), Roy Barcroft (Officer), Hank Bell (1st Michigan officer), Hobart Bosworth (Mr. Cartwright (clergyman)), Virginia Brissac (Woman), Walter Brooke (Cadet Rosser), Jack Budlong (Cavalryman), Lane Chandler (Sentry), Spencer Charters (Station master), G. Pat Collins (Corporal), Clancy Cooper (Train conductor), Joseph Crehan (President Ulysses S. Grant), Wade Crosby (Bartender in Ft. Lincoln), Steve Darrell (Officer), Joe Devlin (Joe (bartender in Monroe)), George Eldredge (Capt. Riley), Martin Faust (Officer), Frank Ferguson (President Grant’s secretary), Francis Ford (Veteran), William Forrest (Adjutant), Dick French (Officer), Alberta Gary (Jane (kitchen maid)), Sol Gorss (Adjutant), Jesse Graves (Black servant), John Hamilton (Colonel), Carl Harbaugh (Sergeant), Weldon Heyburn (Staff officer), Herbert Heywood (Newsman), Russell Hicks (Colonel of 1st Michigan), Max Hoffman Jr. (Sergeant reading telegraph copy), Edna Holland (Nurse), William Hopper (Lt. Frazier), Selmer Jackson (Capt. McCook), Edward Keane (Congressman), Fred Kelsey (Bartender at Ft. Lincoln), Joe King (Chairman of hearing), Paul Kruger (Officer), Harry Lewis (Youth), Vera Lewis (Head nurse), Arthur Loft (Tillaman), Ian MacDonald (Soldier), Frank Mayo (Orderly), Sam McDaniel (Waiter serving Custer), Patrick McVey (Cpl. Jones (holding the horse)), Frank Mills (Barfly), Jack Mower (Telegraph operator), George Murphy (Cavalryman), Anna Q. Nilsson (Mrs. Taipe), Frank Orth (Barfly), Eddie Parker (Sentry), Bob Perry (Officer), Aileen Pringle (Mrs. Sharp), George Reed (Charles (waiter serving Gen. Scott)), Renie Riano (Nurse), Addison Richards (Adjutant), John Ridgely (2nd Lt. Davis), Virginia Sale (Nurse), Robert Schoenhut Sr. (Sioux warrior), James Seay (Lt. Walsh), Garland Smith (Officer), Hugh Sothern (Maj. Smith), Harry Strang (Orderly), Ray Teal (Barfly), Jim Thorpe, Minerva Urecal (Nurse), Dick Wessel (SSgt. Brown), Gig Young (Lt. Roberts), Victor Zimmerman (Colonel of 5th Michigan)
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 140 min; B&W

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