A highly fictionalized account of the life of George Armstrong Custer from his arrival at West Point in 1857 to his death at the battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876.A highly fictionalized account of the life of George Armstrong Custer from his arrival at West Point in 1857 to his death at the battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876.A highly fictionalized account of the life of George Armstrong Custer from his arrival at West Point in 1857 to his death at the battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876.
G.P. Huntley
- Lt. 'Queen's Own' Butler
- (as George P. Huntley Jr.)
Joe Sawyer
- Sgt. Doolittle
- (as Joseph Sawyer)
Eddie Acuff
- Cpl. Smith
- (uncredited)
Tod Andrews
- Cadet Brown
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Wally Kline
- Æneas MacKenzie
- Lenore J. Coffee(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaJim Thorpe, who was an extra, had an off-camera fight with Errol Flynn. With one punch Thorpe knocked out Flynn, who was in his Custer uniform.
- GoofsIn the film George Armstrong Custer argues that there is no gold in the Black Hills, but in reality he led the 1874 expedition that discovered gold near French Creek.
- Quotes
George Armstrong Custer: Walking through life with you, ma'am, has been a very gracious thing.
- Alternate versionsAlso available in a computer colorized version.
- ConnectionsEdited into Bugles in the Afternoon (1952)
- SoundtracksGarryowen
(uncredited)
Traditional military song
Played during the opening and closing credits and as background music aften
Sung in the Monroe bar
Reprised on piano by G.P. Huntley, with the soldiers singing in Ft. Lincoln
Featured review
Flynn and de Havilland at their peak as co-stars...rousing adventure film!
Aside from the historical inaccuracies well noted by most of the previous commentators, 'Boots' is satisfying in all departments--good script, direction, music, etc. and is elevated by the chemistry between Flynn and de Havilland, both giving their best performances since 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' six years before. Action fans will enjoy the skirmishes with Indians in shoot-em-up western style with Flynn as the flamboyant leader of men in the 7th cavalry. The 'Garry Owens' tune is woven nicely into the rest of the score, an impressive one by Max Steiner that has recently been released by Marco Polo records on a gorgeous CD courtesy of the Moscow Sympony Orchestra with good notes on the film. Arthur Kennedy is excellent as the chief villain of the piece and Sydney Greenstreet scores as General Winfield Scott. Anthony Quinn is effective as Crazy Horse and Gene Lockhart is amusing as Samuel Bacon (Olivia's father), at first opposed to his daughter's suitor. Hattie McDaniel is delicious as Callie, the maid who has some amusing domestic scenes with de Havilland for some much needed comic relief. Changing Custer's real-life story to suit the heroic mold of Errol Flynn's screen persona is forgivable, if only for the final results which turned this story behind Custer's famous last stand into an epic western adventure.
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- Apr 24, 2001
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- Budget
- $2,200,000 (estimated)
- Runtime2 hours 20 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was They Died with Their Boots On (1941) officially released in India in English?
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