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
Tom Tryon
Sol Rogers
Harve Presnell
Lou Woddard
Senta Berger
Pvt. Martin Hale
Michael Anderson Jr.
Pvt. Anthony Dugan
James Caan
Sgt. James Gregory
Slim Pickens
Pvt. Clark Gentry
Erik Holland
Pvt. Lucas Crain
Adam Williams
Gen. Frederick McCabe
Andrew Duggan
Lt. Cook
Walter Scott
Fred Cushman
Michael Forest
Hanavan
George Ross
Maj. Oliver Marcus
Robert McQueeney
Lt. Mike Moran
Wayne Rogers
Capt. Rand Treadway
William Meigs
Mrs. Doris Poole
Alice Backes
Karl Harpane
Dal McKennon
Commanding General
Paul Birch
Gen. Hoffman
Stephen Chase
Salesman
Henry Beckman
Rev. Poole
Claudio Brook