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