They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
- Directed by
- B. Reeves Eason, Raoul Walsh
- Genre
- Western film, war film, biographical film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 2h 20m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 122 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A highly fictionalized story of General George Armstrong Custer. It follows him from his time at West Point through the Civil War and ends with his death at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. The film presents Custer as a dashing and honorable figure who fights corrupt politicians and a corporation.
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What happens
They Died with Their Boots On is a 1941 American biographical western war film by director Raoul Walsh and starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland and Arthur Kennedy. It was made and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and produced by Hal B. Wallis and Robert Fellows. The film's storyline offers a highly fictionalized account of the life of Gen. George Armstrong Custer, from the time he enters West Point military academy through the American Civil War and finally to his death at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Custer is portrayed as a fun-loving, dashing figure who chooses honor and glory over money and corruption. The battle against Chief Crazy Horse (played by Anthony Quinn) is portrayed as a crooked deal between politicians and a corporation that wants the land Custer promised to the Native Americans. The film was one of the top-grossing films of the year. They Died with Their Boots On was the eighth and final film collaboration between Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland in starring roles, although the two would guest star together in Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943). The supporting cast features Arthur Kennedy, Sydney Greenstreet (in his second film role) as Lt. Gen. Winfield Scott, Anthony Quinn as Crazy Horse, John Litel as Gen. Phillip Sheridan, Regis Toomey as Fitzhugh Lee, Joseph Crehan as President Ulysses S. Grant, and Hattie McDaniel. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Scarlet West (1925)
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer (1977)
Custer's Last Fight (1912)
The Great Sioux Massacre (1965)
Custer of the West (1968)
General Custer at the Little Big Horn (1926)
Custer's Last Stand (1936)
Son of the Morning Star (1991)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.