They Died with Their Boots On

6.6

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.

Discover

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

G.P. Huntley

Lt. 'Queen's Own' Butler

Frank Wilcox

Capt. Webb

Joe Sawyer

Sgt. Doolittle

Minor Watson

Senator Smith

Eddie Acuff

Cpl. Smith (uncredited)

Tod Andrews

Cadet Brown (uncredited)

Cyril Archambault

Lakota Sioux Warrior (uncredited)

Irving Bacon

Uniform Salesman (uncredited)

Walter Baldwin

Settler (uncredited)

Roy Barcroft

Officer (uncredited)

Hank Bell

1st Michigan Officer (uncredited)

Brooks Benedict

Well-Wisher (uncredited)

Edward Biby

Military Officer (uncredited)

Hobart Bosworth

Mr. Cartwright (uncredited)

Rudy Bowman

Trooper (uncredited)

Truman Bradley

7th Michigan officer (uncredited)

Moses Brave

Lakota Sioux Warrior (uncredited)

Virginia Brissac

Woman (uncredited)

Walter Brooke

Cadet Rosser (uncredited)

Jack Budlong

Cavalryman (uncredited)

Lane Chandler

Sentry (uncredited)

Spencer Charters

Station Master (uncredited)

Leo Chasing Hawk

Chief of Indian Scouts (uncredited)

G. Pat Collins

Corporal (uncredited)

Clancy Cooper

Train Conductor (uncredited)

Tex Cooper

Trooper (uncredited)

Victor Cox

Trooper (uncredited)

Joseph Crehan

President Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)

Wade Crosby

Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)

Russell Custer

Barfly (uncredited)

Steve Darrell

Officer (uncredited)

Andrew DeRockbraine

Crazy Horse Rescuer (uncredited)

Joe Devlin

Joe (uncredited)

Moses Dog

Lakota Sioux Warrior (uncredited)

George Eldredge

Capt. Riley (uncredited)

Alvin Elk Nation

Oglala Chief (uncredited)

Amos Elk Nation

Blackfeet Chief (uncredited)

Martin Faust

Officer (uncredited)

Frank Ferguson

Grant's Secretary (uncredited)

Francis Ford

Veteran (uncredited)

William Forrest

Adjutant (uncredited)

Dick French

Officer (uncredited)

Alberta Gary

Jane (uncredited)

Slim Gaut

Trooper (uncredited)

Sol Gorss

Adjutant (uncredited)

Jesse Graves

Black Servant (uncredited)

Michael Grey Eagle

Lakota Sioux Warrior (uncredited)

Raymond Hairy Chin

Lakota Sioux Warrior (uncredited)

John Hamilton

Colonel (uncredited)

Chick Hannan

Trooper (uncredited)

Carl Harbaugh

Sergeant (uncredited)

Weldon Heyburn

Staff Officer (uncredited)

Herbert Heywood

Newsman (uncredited)

Russell Hicks

Colonel of 1st Michigan (uncredited)

Max Hoffman Jr.

Sergeant Reading Telegraph Copy (uncredited)

Edna Holland

Nurse (uncredited)

William Hopper

Lt. Frazier (uncredited)

Joseph Fast Horse Sr.

Sioux Chief (uncredited)

John Hudkins

7th Cavalry Trooper (uncredited)

Selmer Jackson

Capt. McCook (uncredited)

Annabelle Jones

Bacon's Maid #2 (uncredited)

Edward Keane

Congressman (uncredited)

Fred Kelsey

Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)

Joe King

Chairman of Hearing (uncredited)

Paul Kruger

Officer (uncredited)

Harry Lewis

Youth (uncredited)

Vera Lewis

Head Nurse (uncredited)

Arthur Loft

Tillaman (uncredited)

Ian MacDonald

Soldier (uncredited)

Eric Mayne

Congressman (uncredited)

Frank Mayo

Orderly (uncredited)

Sam McDaniel

Waiter Serving Custer (uncredited)

Patrick McVey

Cpl. Jones (uncredited)

Robert Milasch

Townsman (uncredited)

Frank Mills

Barfly (uncredited)

Mike Morelli

Barfly (uncredited)

Edmund Mortimer

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Jack Mower

Telegraph Operator (uncredited)

George Murphy

Cavalryman (uncredited)

Richard Neill

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Anna Q. Nilsson

Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)

Frank Orth

Barfly (uncredited)

Eddie Parker

Sentry (uncredited)

Tex Parker

Soldier (uncredited)

Bob Perry

Officer (uncredited)

Aileen Pringle

Mrs. Sharp (uncredited)

Jack Red Bear

Shosone Chief (uncredited)

George H. Reed

Charles (uncredited)

Renie Riano

Nurse (uncredited)

Addison Richards

Adjutant (uncredited)

John Ridgely

2nd Lt. Davis (uncredited)

Virginia Sale

Nurse (uncredited)

Robert Schoenhut Sr.

Sioux Warrior (uncredited)

James Seay

Lt. Walsh (uncredited)

Frank Shooter

Lakota Sioux Warrior (uncredited)

Garland Smith

Officer (uncredited)

Hugh Sothern

Maj. Smith (uncredited)

Harry Strang

Orderly (uncredited)

Ray Teal

Barfly (uncredited)

Jim Thorpe

Indian (uncredited)

Minerva Urecal

Nurse (uncredited)

William Village Center

Mniconjou Chief (uncredited)

Dick Wessel

Sgt. Brown (uncredited)

Joshua White Shield

Cheyenne Chief (uncredited)

Gig Young

Lt. Roberts (uncredited)

Francis Zahn

Sans Arc Chief (uncredited)

Louis Zamperini

Soldier (uncredited)

Victor Zimmerman

Colonel of 5th Michigan (uncredited)

Art

John Hughes

Art Direction

Costume & Make-Up

Nellie Manley

Hairstylist

Ward Hamilton

Makeup Artist

Bill Phillips

Makeup Artist

Charles Gorman

Makeup Artist

Milo Anderson

Costume Design

Perc Westmore

Makeup Artist

Crew

John Hoffman

Stunt Double

Buster Wiles

Stunt Double

Jane Bill

Stunt Double

Bruce Gailbraith

Stunt Double

Howard Hill

Stunts

Roy Moore

Stunts

Bill Mead

Stunts

Gil Perkins

Stunts

Fred Graham

Stunts

Cliff Lyons

Stunt Double

Bert Glennon

Cinematography

Yakima Canutt

Stunt Coordinator

Directing

Raoul Walsh

Director

Claude Archer

Second Assistant Director

Arthur Lueker

First Assistant Director

Russell Saunders

Assistant Director

B. Reeves Eason

Second Unit Director

Editing

Production

Robert Fellows

Associate Producer

Hal B. Wallis

Executive Producer

Sound

Ned O. Nair

Sound Recordist

Max Steiner

Original Music Composer

Writing

Wally Kline

Screenplay

Æneas MacKenzie

Screenplay