The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains the 7th Cavalry, appeases Chief Crazy Horse and later engages in bloody battle with the Sioux nation.
George Armstrong Custer
Errol Flynn
Elizabeth Bacon
Olivia de Havilland
Ned Sharp
Arthur Kennedy
California Joe
Charley Grapewin
Samuel Bacon, Esq.
Gene Lockhart
Crazy Horse
Anthony Quinn
Maj. Romulus Taipe
Stanley Ridges
Gen. Phil Sheridan
John Litel
William Sharp
Walter Hampden
Lt. Gen. Winfield Scott
Sydney Greenstreet
Fitzhugh Lee
Regis Toomey
Callie
Hattie McDaniel
Lt. 'Queen's Own' Butler
G.P. Huntley
Capt. Webb
Frank Wilcox
Sgt. Doolittle
Joe Sawyer
Senator Smith
Minor Watson
Cpl. Smith (uncredited)
Eddie Acuff
Cadet Brown (uncredited)
Tod Andrews
Lakota Sioux Warrior (uncredited)
Cyril Archambault
Uniform Salesman (uncredited)
Irving Bacon
Settler (uncredited)
Walter Baldwin
Officer (uncredited)
Roy Barcroft
1st Michigan Officer (uncredited)
Hank Bell
Well-Wisher (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict
Military Officer (uncredited)
Edward Biby
Mr. Cartwright (uncredited)
Hobart Bosworth
Trooper (uncredited)
Rudy Bowman
7th Michigan officer (uncredited)
Truman Bradley
Lakota Sioux Warrior (uncredited)
Moses Brave
Woman (uncredited)
Virginia Brissac
Cadet Rosser (uncredited)
Walter Brooke
Cavalryman (uncredited)
Jack Budlong
Sentry (uncredited)
Lane Chandler
Station Master (uncredited)
Spencer Charters
Chief of Indian Scouts (uncredited)
Leo Chasing Hawk
Corporal (uncredited)
G. Pat Collins
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Clancy Cooper
Trooper (uncredited)
Tex Cooper
Trooper (uncredited)
Victor Cox
President Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)
Wade Crosby
Barfly (uncredited)
Russell Custer
Officer (uncredited)
Steve Darrell
Crazy Horse Rescuer (uncredited)
Andrew DeRockbraine
Joe (uncredited)
Joe Devlin
Lakota Sioux Warrior (uncredited)
Moses Dog
Capt. Riley (uncredited)
George Eldredge
Oglala Chief (uncredited)
Alvin Elk Nation
Blackfeet Chief (uncredited)
Amos Elk Nation
Officer (uncredited)
Martin Faust
Grant's Secretary (uncredited)
Frank Ferguson
Veteran (uncredited)
Francis Ford
Adjutant (uncredited)
William Forrest
Officer (uncredited)
Dick French
Jane (uncredited)
Alberta Gary
Trooper (uncredited)
Slim Gaut
Adjutant (uncredited)
Sol Gorss
Black Servant (uncredited)
Jesse Graves
Lakota Sioux Warrior (uncredited)
Michael Grey Eagle
Lakota Sioux Warrior (uncredited)
Raymond Hairy Chin
Colonel (uncredited)
John Hamilton
Trooper (uncredited)
Chick Hannan
Sergeant (uncredited)
Carl Harbaugh
Staff Officer (uncredited)
Weldon Heyburn
Newsman (uncredited)
Herbert Heywood
Colonel of 1st Michigan (uncredited)
Russell Hicks
Sergeant Reading Telegraph Copy (uncredited)
Max Hoffman Jr.
Nurse (uncredited)
Edna Holland
Lt. Frazier (uncredited)
William Hopper
Sioux Chief (uncredited)
Joseph Fast Horse Sr.
7th Cavalry Trooper (uncredited)
John Hudkins
Capt. McCook (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
Bacon's Maid #2 (uncredited)
Annabelle Jones
Congressman (uncredited)
Edward Keane
Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey
Chairman of Hearing (uncredited)
Joe King
Officer (uncredited)
Paul Kruger
Youth (uncredited)
Harry Lewis
Head Nurse (uncredited)
Vera Lewis
Tillaman (uncredited)
Arthur Loft
Soldier (uncredited)
Ian MacDonald
Congressman (uncredited)
Eric Mayne
Orderly (uncredited)
Frank Mayo
Waiter Serving Custer (uncredited)
Sam McDaniel
Cpl. Jones (uncredited)
Patrick McVey
Townsman (uncredited)
Robert Milasch
Barfly (uncredited)
Frank Mills
Barfly (uncredited)
Mike Morelli
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Edmund Mortimer
Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
Jack Mower
Cavalryman (uncredited)
George Murphy
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Richard Neill
Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
Anna Q. Nilsson
Barfly (uncredited)
Frank Orth
Sentry (uncredited)
Eddie Parker
Soldier (uncredited)
Tex Parker
Officer (uncredited)
Bob Perry
Mrs. Sharp (uncredited)
Aileen Pringle
Shosone Chief (uncredited)
Jack Red Bear
Charles (uncredited)
George H. Reed
Nurse (uncredited)
Renie Riano
Adjutant (uncredited)
Addison Richards
2nd Lt. Davis (uncredited)
John Ridgely
Nurse (uncredited)
Virginia Sale
Sioux Warrior (uncredited)
Robert Schoenhut Sr.
Lt. Walsh (uncredited)
James Seay
Lakota Sioux Warrior (uncredited)
Frank Shooter
Officer (uncredited)
Garland Smith
Maj. Smith (uncredited)
Hugh Sothern
Orderly (uncredited)
Harry Strang
Barfly (uncredited)
Ray Teal
Indian (uncredited)
Jim Thorpe
Nurse (uncredited)
Minerva Urecal
Mniconjou Chief (uncredited)
William Village Center
Sgt. Brown (uncredited)
Dick Wessel
Cheyenne Chief (uncredited)
Joshua White Shield
Lt. Roberts (uncredited)
Gig Young
Sans Arc Chief (uncredited)
Francis Zahn
Soldier (uncredited)
Louis Zamperini
Colonel of 5th Michigan (uncredited)
Victor Zimmerman