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Custer of the West is a 1967 [3] American epic Western film directed by Robert Siodmak that presents a highly fictionalised version of the life and death of George Armstrong Custer, starring Robert Shaw as Custer, Robert Ryan, Ty Hardin, Jeffrey Hunter, and Mary Ure. It is the first film production from Cinerama Releasing Corporation.
In the last episode entitled "The Raiders", Custer enlists the aid of Kiowa Indians to help him to locate the parties responsible for a series of wagon train raids. [3] Maunder was twenty-eight when he was cast as the 28-year-old Custer. The show was canceled due to poor reviews [4] and protests by Native American tribes throughout the United ...
The Custer Story: The Life and Intimate Letters of General Custer and his Wife Elizabeth. (1950) OCLC 1027056; Michno, Gregory F. (1997). Lakota Noon: The Indian Narrative of Custer's Defeat. Mountain Press Publishing Company. ISBN 0-87842-349-4. Nevin, David (1973). The Old West: Soldiers. New York: Time-Life Books. Perrett, Bryan.
Libbie visits Custer's old friend Gen. Scott and begs him to assign Custer to a regiment again. He agrees, and Custer is given a lieutenant colonel's commission out west in the Dakota Territory. When Custer and Libbie arrive at Fort Lincoln, Custer finds the soldiers a drunken, rowdy, and undisciplined lot in need of firm leadership.
Custer was played by Toby Stephens in the 2007 BBC documentary series The Wild West. Custer was played by David Spade in the 2015 Netflix film The Ridiculous 6. Custer was played by John C. Bailey in the 2016 AMC mini-series The American West. Custer was played by Christopher Backus in the final episode of the TV series Hell on Wheels (2011-2016).
After Custer and Lancer, Maunder appeared on three ABC series: the pilot episode of Kung Fu series with David Carradine, twice on The F.B.I. with Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., as Knox Hiller in "Time Bomb" (1970) and as Earl Gainey in "The Fatal Showdown" (1972), and as Don Pierce in the episode "Crossfire" of The Rookies (1973).
Custer of the West: Cinerama Productions Corp. presents, Security Pictures: Super Technirama 70 [li 2] May 1, 1968: A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die: Selmur Pictures [2] Panavision [li 2] July 17, 1968: For Love of Ivy: ABC Pictures International [li 2] September 23, 1968: Charly: September 25, 1968: Nobody Runs Forever (The High Commissioner)
Elizabeth Bacon Custer (née Bacon; April 8, 1842 – April 4, 1933) was the wife of Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer, United States Army.She spent most of their twelve-year marriage in relative proximity to him despite his numerous military campaigns in the American Civil War and subsequent postings on the Great Plains as a commanding officer in the United States Cavalry.