The Great Sioux Massacre (1965)

Directed by

Sidney Salkow

Genre

Western film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

AA

Rating

4.5 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film follows General Custer as he shifts from protecting Native Americans to leading a disastrous military campaign. It shows events before the Battle of the Little Bighorn and his final defeat.

unsettlingdarktragicslow-burnhistoricalaction-packedclassicgritty

What happens

The Great Sioux Massacre is a 1965 American Western war film directed by Sidney Salkow in CinemaScope using extensive action sequences from Salkow's 1954 Sitting Bull. In a fictionalized form, it depicts Custer's descent from a defender of the Indians from federal interference to an incompetent warmonger, and the Indians as his victims, and covers events leading up to the Battle of the Little Bighorn and Custer's Last Stand. It stars Joseph Cotten, Darren McGavin, and Philip Carey. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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