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Director
  
Elmer Clifton

Producer
  
Kent Taylor

Country
  
United States

4.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Adventure, History, Romance

Duration
  

Language
  
English

Custers Last Stand (serial) movie poster

Release date
  
January 2, 1936 April 3, 1936 (film)

Writer
  
George Arthur Durlam (story), Eddie Granemann (story), William Lively (story)

Genres
  
Western, Action Film, Indie film, Black-and-white, Docudrama, Action/Adventure

Cast
  
Rex Lease
(Kit Cardigan),
Lona Andre
(Belle Meade),
William Farnum
(James Fitzpatrick),
Ruth Mix
(Elizabeth Custer),
Jack Mulhall
(Lieutenant Cook),
Nancy Caswell
(Barbara Trent)

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Tagline
  
Based On Historical Events Leading Up To CUSTER'S LAST FIGHT

Custer's Last Stand is a 1936 American film serial based on the historical Custer's Last Stand at the Little Bighorn River. It was produced by the Poverty Row studio Stage & Screen Productions, which went bust shortly afterwards as a victim of the Great Depression. This serial stars many famous and popular B-Western actors as well as silent serial star Helen Gibson.

Contents

In April of the same year, the serial was edited into an 84-minute feature film, which was released under the same name.

Plot overview

The serial follows multiple plot threads, centering on a Medicine Arrow taken in battle and a secret gold mine, in the lead up to the Battle of Little Big Horn.

Cast

  • Rex Lease as Kit Cardigan and his father John C. Cardigan
  • Lona Andre as Belle Meade
  • William Farnum as James Fitzpatrick
  • Ruth Mix as Elizabeth Custer
  • Jack Mulhall as Lieutenant Cook
  • Nancy Caswell as Barbara Trent
  • George Chesebro as Lieutenant Frank Roberts
  • Dorothy Gulliver as Red Fawn
  • Frank McGlynn Jr. as General George A. Custer
  • Helen Gibson as Calamity Jane
  • Josef Swickard as Major Henry Trent, MD
  • Chief Thundercloud as Young Wolf
  • Allen Greer as Wild Bill Hickok
  • High Eagle as Crazy Horse
  • Howling Wolf as Sitting Bull

    • Production

    Commenting on the plot, Cline notes that this serial contains several historical characters in a purely fictitious setting. "The story rambled through a series of loosely connected plots and sub plots" leading to Little Big Horn.

    Stunts

  • Yakima Canutt
  • Ken Cooper
  • Carl Mathews
  • Mabel Strickland (riding double)
  • Wally West

    • Theatrical

    Custer's Last Stand was well received by action fans, regardless of its historical inaccuracies.

    Chapter titles

    1. Perils of the Plains
    2. Thundering Hoofs [sic]
    3. Fires of Vengeance
    4. The Ghost Dancers
    5. Trapped
    6. Human Wolves
    7. Demons of Disaster
    8. White Treachery
    9. Circle of Death
    10. Flaming Arrow
    11. Warpath
    12. Firing Squad
    13. Red Panthers
    14. Custer's Last Ride
    15. The Last Stand

    Source:

    References

    Custer's Last Stand (serial) Wikipedia
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    Custers Last Stand (serial) IMDb Custers Last Stand (serial) themoviedb.org