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The Legend of Custer

The Legend of Custer

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1968

Runtime

1h 34m

Genres

Western

User Score

50%

Original Title

The Legend of Custer

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Director

Sam Wanamaker

Description

Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer has been reinstated and assigned to command the 7th Cavalry Regiment at Fort Hays. The regiment has become a ragtag outfit of thieves and ruffians and Custer must whip the soldiers into shape to fight, the Kiowa, Sioux and Blackfoot tribes who confront them. These tribes are being supplied shotguns by a white gunrunner and Custer and his men must rescue General Terry and the Fifth Cavalry Regiment from annihilation when they are ambushed and trapped by a large Kiowa war party.