Little Big Horn

Little Big Horn

🎞️ Movie 86 min US
โ˜… 6.6 /10 1951

Fifty painted Sioux to every one of their GALLANT few!

In 1876, during the Great Sioux Wars, U.S. Cavalry Capt. Phillip Donlin serves at Fort Abraham Lincoln in the Montana Territory. His duties take him away from his wife, Celie Donlin, who feels neglected and unhappy.She is having an affair with Lt. John Haywood, whom she tries to persuade to resign the army and run away with her.Unknown to them, her husband overhears their conversation and confronts them.Heartbroken, he leaves the next morning on another patrol.His latest mission is to arrive at Camp Yellowstone and warn General Custer and his meager forces numbering a few hundred men of the large buildup of Sioux forces gathering at the Little Big Horn River.During a stop at a watering hole, Capt. Donlin's patrol is reached by Lt. Haywood's unit and told to return to Fort Lincoln but the captain disregards the orders and decides to attempt to warn general Custer whose forces already left for Little Big Horn River.

Cast

Lloyd Bridges
Lloyd Bridges
Capt. Phillip Donlin
John Ireland
John Ireland
Lt. John Haywood
Marie Windsor
Marie Windsor
Celie Donlin
Reed Hadley
Reed Hadley
Sgt. Maj. Peter Grierson
Jim Davis
Jim Davis
Cpl. Doan Moylan
Wally Cassell
Wally Cassell
Pvt. Danny Zecca
Hugh O'Brian
Hugh O'Brian
Pvt. Al DeWalt
King Donovan
King Donovan
Pvt. James Corbo
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Richard Emory
Pvt. Mitch Shovels
John Pickard
John Pickard
Sgt. Vet McCloud
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Paul Dunlap
Composer
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Ernest Miller
Cinematographer