They Died With Their Boots On

I dont pretend to be a student of history but what little I do know made me scratch my head with this film. The film starts off swimmingly enough charting George Armstrong Custers days as an underachieving dandy at West Point to his rise to glory as he leads a series of successful campaigns in the Civil War. When the film turns westward is when it starts getting interesting. See, Custer it turns out, according to the filmmakers,was a champion of Indian rights and the scourge of the government and its parasitic lobbyists. Yessir, Custer was ahead of his time. Not only was he embracing New Deal ideals but progressive 1960s politics as well. Oh, well, the film is at least entertaining and Im sure it gets the seal of approval from Custers descendants. Its not like that nasty depiction of him in Little Big Man. Errol Flynn is charismatic as Custer. Olivia de Havilland is luminous as his wife and the romantic spark between her and Flynn is combustible. A couple quibbles about a few supporting parts notably Hattie McDaniels tired Mammy routine and that annoying Charley Grapewin assaying another insufferable old coot.

Excellent product, delivered as expected.

Here is a movie that was reviewed on the History Channel as being historically accurate. It may be accurate but it is also one of Errol Flynns best. This movie has great acting and great actors. It is great for the whole family. Another great movie from the golden era of the movies.

Cant tell you how excited I was to find this classic old movie in DVD format. Great movie and very good quality DVD.

Another classic i am glad to have.

I love the movie, and the copy of the movie is fine, but as advertised on amazon, it s suppose to be in color!!!, which isnt what i received. i got the black and white version, very disappointed, had i known i was going to get this version i could have saved myself the money and rented it out at the library. The way i see it Amazon provided false advertisment, careful should you order this version and your expecting the colorized version.

I had never seen the colorized version and I must say it wasnt as well done as I had hoped. Still, Its a take on the b/w film thats different and Im glad I saw it. Ill still hang on to my b/w version, though.

A grest movie, and error really knows his lines. A true manly movie, the way things gs were back then.you did not like someone there are ways to take him out.

Have seen this 3 times so far. Love it.

lind of corny, but good