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George armstrong custer robert shaw offends politicians and ends up with the 7th cavalry at the little bighorn. Follows george armstrong custers life from his civil war exploits to his controversyplagued career out west and the final showdown at little big horn. The battle in disneys 1958 film tonka about the horse comanche is also remarkably accurate, especially considering its target audience of children. Utilizing a plot used previously by buck jones twice, ken maynard and a year earlier at reliable by tom tyler, and later at columbia.
Robert shaw and mary ure in custer of the west 1967 robert ryan in custer of the west 1967. Biopic of general george armstrong custer from his rise to prominence in the civil war through to his last stand at the battle of the little big horn. Complete westerns online bob custer stars in this classic western with a lot of action. Custer of the west the epic saga of the man who became a legend. Custer of the west western movie trailer ty hardin robert shaw. George armstrong custers love of the heroic traditions of the calvary and his distaste with the coming of industrialization leads him to his destiny at the little big horn. Robert shaw may be an odd choice for the gloryhunting, dedicated general custer, but he does well enough with a ponderous script, and with his reallife wife mary ure as mrs custer, theres a touching domesticity and caring about their. Conceived as a roadshow production shot in 70mm, it served its purpose as programming filling for the giant curved cinerama screens, along with other philip yordan.
Creepy isnt really custer or maybe it is, if its the custer of little big man. Reviewed in the united states on february 17, 2020. Raoul walshs 1942 they died with their boots on 1941 and arthur penns 1970 little big man. Custer of the west 1967 yify download movie torrent yts. The storyline has custer s troops backing the cheyenne indians into a. Watch once upon a time in the west online 1968 movie yidio. Custer of the west 1966, directed by robert siodmak film. The two bestknown portrayals can be found in the two best movies featuring the man. Custer of the west 1967 letterboxd social film discovery.
Siodmaks penultimate movie which, as an epic cinerama western lumbered with the need for irrelevant spectacle, manages to be far less affecting than his less expensive noir thrillers of the 40s. Custer of the west 1968 ost music composed and conducted by bernardo segall played by the royal philharmonic orchestra. George armstrong custers love of the heroic traditions of the calvary and his distaste with the coming of. Legendas custer of the west legendas portuguese br. Army commander george armstrong custer, a flamboyant hero of the civil war who later fought and was exterminated with. Now at popular prices biopic of general george armstrong custer from his rise to prominence in the civil war through to his last stand at the battle of the little big horn. Battle of little big horn 1967 robert shaw, mary ure, western movie movie on dailymotion. The glory guys is a 1965 american film based on the novel the dice of god by hoffman birney. General george armstrong custer is brilliantly portrayed by robert shaw jaws, the sting in this stunning, giant spectacle of a film motion picture herald. Once upon a time in the west film by leone 1968 britannica. Bob custer western movies to watch free westerns theater. Custer has appeared as a character in over 70 films and tv movies. American frontier, western movies, le far west, film industry, westerns, spaghetti, hero, movie posters, pictures. Tv westerns 1964 1968 a man called shenandoah, laredo, loner, iron horse, the road west, guns of will sonnett, cowboy in africa, hondo, and more.
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Ice station zebra is a 1968 metrocolor cold war era suspense and espionage film directed by john sturges and starring rock hudson, patrick mcgoohan, ernest borgnine, and jim brown. Custer of the west is a 1966 american western film directed by robert siodmak that presents a highly fictionalised version of the life and death of george armstrong custer, starring robert shaw as custer, robert ryan, ty hardin, jeffrey hunter, and mary ure. From decorated war hero to doomed commander, general george armstrong custer is brilliantly portrayed by robert shaw jaws, the sting in this stunning, giant spectacle of a film motion picture herald. Filmed by levygardnerlaven and released by united artists, it stars tom tryon, harve presnell, senta. Appointed to the rank of lieutenantcolonel in 1866, custer led the 7th u. The first half of the movie shows custer at west point, doing badly, making it into the union army during the civil war as a cavalry commander, wooing and marrying his wife elizabeth bacon, developing a headlong and heedless attacking style and then becoming an indian fighter after. Bob custer western movies to watch free westerns tv. Released 1968, custer of the west stars robert shaw, mary ure, jeffrey hunter, ty hardin the g movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 20 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which.
Other articles where custer of the west is discussed. Bailey in the 2016 amc miniseries the american west. Aug 01, 2004 in terms of historical accuracy the best custer battle sequence is in the 1991 abc miniseries son of the morning star although gary coles depiction of custer is abysmal. There are internet sites which cover those things, but i dont know any of them. Custer of the west is beautiful to see and really enjoyable especially for a long film such as this. The epic is also notable for henry fondas playing against type as a villainous killer. The cinerama production custer of the west 1968, a portrait of the u. With an allstar cast that includes jeffrey hunter and robert ryan. Robert shaw stars as the maverick army officer who, while losing his life in a bitter defeat, became a legend of the american frontier, in this sweepinghighly fictionalized saga. Cavalry in an attack on chief black kettles cheyenne camp on the banks of the washita river in kansas in 1868. The glory guys full movie, western, romance, english, entire. Plebe custer doesnt get along with ned sharp at west point. Released in 1968, once upon a time in the west stars charles bronson, henry fonda, and jason robards as your typical husky, troubled, and charming leone characters weve grown to admire. A patchwork epic and as muddled as 60s epics get, custer of the west 1968 is almost breathtakingly misguided.
This film hints at being a successful epic but is ultimately just a modest biography of civil war general george custer. Oct, 2016 custer of the west western full length us kavallerie western full movie english duration. Custer of the west bluray disc details highdef digest. Both movies, three decades apart, use custer and his troops to make contrasting points about america itself when two overseas wars were raging at the. From decorated war hero to doomed commander, general george armstrong custer is brilliantly portrayed by robert shaw figures in a landscape in this stunning, giant spectacle of a film. George armstrong custer 18391876 was a cavalry officer during the american civil war and the indian wars. Once upon a time in the west, italian western film, released in 1968, that was considered by many to be sergio leones operatic masterpiece. Released in 1967 and directed by robert siodmak, custer of the west is a frenchspanishamerican production starring robert shaw as the titular hero who becomes the youngest general in the civil war at 23 and then goes on to fight in the indian wars of the northern plains, eventually dying at the battle of little bighorn at. Four western species included in the molecular analysis do not fit into a. With robert shaw, mary ure, ty hardin, jeffrey hunter. George armstrong custer robert shaw offends politicians and ends up with the 7th cavalry at the little. I found custer of the west to have a decent plot with very effective acting. George armstrong custer s love of the heroic traditions of the calvary and his distaste with the coming of industrialization leads him to his destiny at the little big horn.
Custer of the west 1967 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Custer of the west 1967 movie posters cinematerial. Villain, hero, fool, misunderstood warrior, whatever the times have called for, filmmakers have molded george custer into the figure that best suited their needs. Custer of the west 1967 robert shaw and mary ure western movie. Ince had convinced the 101 wild west show troupe to winter in california so he could make use of their performers and rolling stock in a series of frontierthemed films.
Custer was played by christopher backus in the final episode of the tv series hell on wheels 20112016. Bob custer born raymond glenn in frankfort, kentucky october 18, 1898 december 27, 1974 and attended the university of kentucky was an american film actor who appeared in over 50 films, mostly westerns, between 1924 and 1937 including the fighting hombre, arizona days, the last roundup, the oklahoma kid, law of the rio grande, the. Custer was played by david spade in the 2015 netflix film the ridiculous 6. Both have parallels to reallife events that took place in 1959. If you check out the threads in other media, youll likely find something relevant.
Custer of the west is a frustrating picture because the basic components of a very good film are there, but as if stirred with a big wooden spoon and overboiled with no seasoning at all. Western movies 1968 every western movie coming out in 1968. Jill played by claudia cardinale is a mailorder bride who arrives. Albums listed in this catalogue are available for streaming and download on all major digital platforms. Top comments custer of the west does not have any comments yet.
Gallery of 14 movie poster and cover images for custer of the west 1967. I think that there was some talk of oliver stone making a custerrelated movie. Conceived as a roadshow production shot in 70mm, it served its purpose as programming filling for the giant curved cinerama screens, along with other philip yordan security pictures. Gordieat the risk of repeating myself for the 2,000,000th time but it does mean i can yack with you, ill let our questioner know that the proposed soms movie is exactly thatproposed, but never produced. The film was shot entirely in spain the plot of the film was very close to that of the 1941 film they died with their boots on, in which. Custer of the west 1967 robert siodmak affiche, cowboys et. Robert shaw plays general george armstrong custer in this historically inaccurate, lowbudget western filmed in spain. Classic wild west cowboy film with bob custer as an outlaw. Fred zinnemann spent a long time preparing this film, but left the project. Cultural depictions of george armstrong custer wikipedia. Ambush valley western movie full length starring bob custer. The storyline has custers troops backing the cheyenne indians into a. In terms of historical accuracy the best custer battle sequence is in the 1991 abc miniseries son of the morning star although gary coles depiction of custer is abysmal.