They Died with Their Boots On
They Died with Their Boots On
Release: 1941-11-20
·Runtime: 140m
·★ 6.6
Western
War
Drama
Romance
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Warner Bros. Pictures
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Arthur Kennedy
as Ned Sharp
Lane Chandler
as Sentry (uncredited)
Wade Crosby
as Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)
Eddie Parker
as Sentry (uncredited)
Olivia de Havilland
as Elizabeth Bacon
Eddie Acuff
as Cpl. Smith (uncredited)
Minerva Urecal
as Nurse (uncredited)
Joe Devlin
as Joe (uncredited)
William Forrest
as Adjutant (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey
as Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)
John Hudkins
as 7th Cavalry Trooper (uncredited)
Robert Milasch
as Townsman (uncredited)
Gene Lockhart
as Samuel Bacon, Esq.
Frank Mayo
as Orderly (uncredited)
Rudy Bowman
as Trooper (uncredited)
Martin Faust
as Officer (uncredited)
Carl Harbaugh
as Sergeant (uncredited)
Jack Mower
as Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
Walter Baldwin
as Settler (uncredited)
Edward Keane
as Congressman (uncredited)
G.P. Huntley
as Lt. 'Queen's Own' Butler
George Murphy
as Cavalryman (uncredited)
Gig Young
as Lt. Roberts (uncredited)
Hobart Bosworth
as Mr. Cartwright (uncredited)
Frank Mills
as Barfly (uncredited)
John Ridgely
as 2nd Lt. Davis (uncredited)
John Hamilton
as Colonel (uncredited)
Errol Flynn
as George Armstrong Custer
Spencer Charters
as Station Master (uncredited)
Addison Richards
as Adjutant (uncredited)
Hattie McDaniel
as Callie
Joe Sawyer
as Sgt. Doolittle
Tod Andrews
as Cadet Brown (uncredited)
Walter Brooke
as Cadet Rosser (uncredited)
Steve Darrell
as Officer (uncredited)
Renie Riano
as Nurse (uncredited)
Regis Toomey
as Fitzhugh Lee
Tex Cooper
as Trooper (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
as President Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)
Herbert Heywood
as Newsman (uncredited)
Joe King
as Chairman of Hearing (uncredited)
Sam McDaniel
as Waiter Serving Custer (uncredited)
Virginia Sale
as Nurse (uncredited)
John Litel
as Gen. Phil Sheridan
Minor Watson
as Senator Smith
Weldon Heyburn
as Staff Officer (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
as Capt. McCook (uncredited)
Anna Q. Nilsson
as Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
Frank Orth
as Barfly (uncredited)
G. Pat Collins
as Corporal (uncredited)
Sydney Greenstreet
as Lt. Gen. Winfield Scott
Frank Wilcox
as Capt. Webb
Truman Bradley
as 7th Michigan officer (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict
as Well-Wisher (uncredited)
Hugh Sothern
as Maj. Smith (uncredited)
George Eldredge
as Capt. Riley (uncredited)
Charley Grapewin
as California Joe
Ian MacDonald
as Soldier (uncredited)
Jim Thorpe
as Indian (uncredited)
Virginia Brissac
as Woman (uncredited)
Russell Hicks
as Colonel of 1st Michigan (uncredited)
William Hopper
as Lt. Frazier (uncredited)
Arthur Loft
as Tillaman (uncredited)
Ray Teal
as Barfly (uncredited)
Vera Lewis
as Head Nurse (uncredited)
James Seay
as Lt. Walsh (uncredited)
Stanley Ridges
as Maj. Romulus Taipe
Eric Mayne
as Congressman (uncredited)
Richard Neill
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Irving Bacon
as Uniform Salesman (uncredited)
Max Hoffman Jr.
as Sergeant Reading Telegraph Copy (uncredited)
Edna Holland
as Nurse (uncredited)
Dick Wessel
as Sgt. Brown (uncredited)
Frank Ferguson
as Grant's Secretary (uncredited)
George H. Reed
as Charles (uncredited)
Harry Strang
as Orderly (uncredited)
Roy Barcroft
as Officer (uncredited)
Francis Ford
as Veteran (uncredited)
Harry Lewis
as Youth (uncredited)
Anthony Quinn
as Crazy Horse
Paul Kruger
as Officer (uncredited)
Walter Hampden
as William Sharp
Hank Bell
as 1st Michigan Officer (uncredited)
Clancy Cooper
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Jesse Graves
as Black Servant (uncredited)
Patrick McVey
as Cpl. Jones (uncredited)
Aileen Pringle
as Mrs. Sharp (uncredited)
