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Bert Glennon, who shot Stagecoach and seven other John Ford classics, has given this Raoul Walsh biopic of George Armstrong Custer a burnished glow--an evocative interplay of raw sunlight and elegiac shadow like no other vintage Warner Bros. Western. Glennon's artistry and Walsh's trademark gusto sustain enthusiasm even as the screenplay beggars belief. The flamboyant Custer (Errol Flynn), rushed into Civil War service straight from West Point, did get promoted overnight to general and establish a spectacular record for "ride to the guns" leadership. However, Custer as defender of Indians' rights--to the point of willi
Bert Glennon, who shot Stagecoach and seven other John Ford classics, has given this Raoul Walsh biopic of George Armstrong Custer a burnished glow--an evocative interplay of raw sunlight and elegiac shadow like no other vintage Warner Bros. Western. Glennon's artistry and Walsh's trademark gusto sustain enthusiasm even as the screenplay beggars belief. The flamboyant Custer (Errol Flynn), rushed into Civil War service straight from West Point, did get promoted overnight to general and establish a spectacular record for "ride to the guns" leadership. However, Custer as defender of Indians' rights--to the point of willing his own Last Stand so he could accuse corrupt Indian Commissioners from the grave--is historical rewrite of such sweeping chutzpah as to shame DeMille. Flynn and Olivia de Havilland make an even more appealing couple than usual, and the big supporting cast is unflaggingly energetic above and beyond the call of duty. --Richard T. Jameson
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Manufacturer: MGM (Warner)
Release date: 13 May 1997
EAN: 9786304429297 UPC: 027616614537
Tags: Regis Toomey (1), Hattie McDaniel (1), Little Big Horn (1), Peace Treaty (1), George Armstrong Custer (1), Crazy Horse (1), West Point (1), Aileen Pringle (1), John Litel (1), Charley Grapewin (1), Olivia De Havilland (1), Hobart Bosworth (1), Gene Lockhart (1), Arthur Kennedy (1), George Murphy (1), Joe Sawyer (1), Anna Q. Nilsson (1), Fictionalized Account (1), 7th Calvary (1), Heroism (1)
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