Though a fictionalized Western based on George Armstrong Custer's 7th Cavalry Regiment at the Battle of the Little Big Horn, the film is almost a generic war story covering the enlistment, training, and operational deployment of a group of recruits that could take place in any time period.
Capt. Demas Harrod
Sol Rogers
Lou Woddard
Pvt. Martin Hale
Pvt. Anthony Dugan
Sgt. James Gregory
Pvt. Clark Gentry
Pvt. Lucas Crain
Gen. Frederick McCabe
Lt. Cook
Fred Cushman
Maj. Oliver Marcus
Lt. Mike Moran
Mrs. Doris Poole
Karl Harpane
Commanding General
Gen. Hoffman
Salesman
This is way too long, but maybe the absence of a star to top the billing gives the plot a little more of a chance, and the story is OK. It's a not unfamiliar love triangle type of tale - with soldiers "Harrod" (Tom Tryon) and "Rogers" (Harve Presnell) vying for the affections of the rather fickle "Lou" (Senta Berger) who seems to me quite adept at stringing both men along quite nicely. Once we escape from the rather dull romantic elements, the action sequences as both men have to put their hormonal differences aside and focus on the marauding Sioux start to hot up, and soon we've got a decent amount of whooping and tomahawk throwing as the army and the natives square up for quite a conflagration. It's colourful and entertaining once it gets going and though it offers little new, it is still a well produced and photographed western which with some pruning (almost all of the romance could go for a start) would still make for a decent cavalry story.
Capt. Demas Harrod
Sol Rogers
Lou Woddard
Pvt. Martin Hale
Pvt. Anthony Dugan
Sgt. James Gregory
Pvt. Clark Gentry
Pvt. Lucas Crain
Gen. Frederick McCabe
Lt. Cook
Fred Cushman
Maj. Oliver Marcus
Lt. Mike Moran
Mrs. Doris Poole
Karl Harpane
Commanding General
Gen. Hoffman
Salesman
This is way too long, but maybe the absence of a star to top the billing gives the plot a little more of a chance, and the story is OK. It's a not unfamiliar love triangle type of tale - with soldiers "Harrod" (Tom Tryon) and "Rogers" (Harve Presnell) vying for the affections of the rather fickle "Lou" (Senta Berger) who seems to me quite adept at stringing both men along quite nicely. Once we escape from the rather dull romantic elements, the action sequences as both men have to put their hormonal differences aside and focus on the marauding Sioux start to hot up, and soon we've got a decent amount of whooping and tomahawk throwing as the army and the natives square up for quite a conflagration. It's colourful and entertaining once it gets going and though it offers little new, it is still a well produced and photographed western which with some pruning (almost all of the romance could go for a start) would still make for a decent cavalry story.