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The story of George Armstrong Custer, ending, of course, in the Battle of
the Little Big Horn.
You know, this wasn't nearly as bad as I remembered...sure, it's fairly historically inaccurate in many ways, but in other ways, it's not bad moviemaking. The plot is good, and even if many of the characterizations are not really credible, they work well. And some of the historical stuff is fine, although of course, being Hollywood, the filmmakers just couldn't bear not to improve it. And Errol Flynn (serious honey from 1935-45) is in it, very very nice. He's great fun to watch, chewing scenery like there'll be no dinner tonight. Olivia De Havilland looks WAY better than she did in Gone with the Wind, and is a good foil to Flynn's overacting. And of course there are the usual supporting actors, including Sydney Greenstreet as General Scott, and Anthony Quinn as Crazy Horse, that famouse Irish/Mexican Sioux... The battle scenes are good, although it was a hoot to see that they shot the Little Big Horn stuff in California...Montana sure doesn't look like that! but again, they're fun to watch, many good bits of action. Worth owning and watching, if only for amusement. |
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