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They Died with Their Boots On

Year:

1942

Duration:

140 min

Genres:

Biography | Drama | Romance | War | Western

IMDB rate:

7.3

Director:

Raoul Walsh

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1942-01-01

Filming Locations: Lasky Ranch, Agoura, Los Angeles County, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Jim Thorpe

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

Major Romulus Taipe

John Litel

General Phil Sheridan

Walter Hampden

William Sharp

Sydney Greenstreet

Lt. General Winfield Scott

Regis Toomey

Fitzhugh Lee

Hattie McDaniel

Callie

G.P. Huntley

Lt. 'Queen's Own' Butler (as George P. Huntley Jr.)

Frank Wilcox

Captaib Webb

Joe Sawyer

Sergeant Doolittle (as Joseph Sawyer)

Minor Watson

Senator Smith

Eleanor Parker

Bit Part (scenes deleted)

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)

Hobart Bosworth

Mr. Cartwright (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)

Joseph Crehan

President Ulysses S. Grant

Wade Crosby

Ft. Lincoln Bartender (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)

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)

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)

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)

Frank Mayo

Orderly (uncredited)

Sam McDaniel

Waiter Serving Custer (uncredited)

Patrick McVey

Cpl. Jones (uncredited)

Frank Mills

Barfly (uncredited)

Jack Mower

Telegraph Operator (uncredited)

George Murphy

Cavalryman (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 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)

Minerva Urecal

Nurse (uncredited)

William Village Center

Mniconjou Chief (uncredited)

Dick Wessel

SSgt. 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)

Did you know?

Trivia

Untrained rider George Murphy was killed when he fell from his horse while drunk.

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In the montage of battle scenes which show the Seventh Cavalry taming the frontier when they operated out of Fort Lincoln are several shots of them which will be repeated during the Little Big Horn battle.

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The highest regular Army rank attained by Winfield Scott was actually Major General. Lieutenant General was a brevet (temporary) rank. The First regular Lieutenant General would be Ulysses S. Grant, promoted to the rank in March of 1864. General Scott was also one of three veterans of the War of 1812 still listed in the rolls of the regular Army at the start of the Civil War.

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Goofs

Several tire tracks can be seen towards the end of the movie when the 7th Cavalry is chasing Crazy Horse and the Indian war party.

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During the final battle, a trooper struggling with an Indian is shot in the back with an arrow by another Indian. The outline of the square block under his clothes into which the arrow was fired can be clearly seen.

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In the scene where Mr. Bacon speaks with the preacher as he collects rents, mountains are clearly visible over the rooftops. There are no mountains anywhere near Monroe, Michigan.

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Quotes

George Armstrong Custer: [on his cadet uniform] I must get myself a tigerskin as soon as possible.

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Lt. General Winfield Scott: This Custer of yours is insubordinate alright-thank God for it. He's not marching on Round Top. He's attacking Stuart at Hanover!

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Ned Sharp: If the other outfits don't fight their way through, you're liable to have a lot of Sioux on your hands.

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