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They Died With Their Boots On

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They Died With Their Boots On (1941)

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Reviews Counted: 9

Fresh: 7

Rotten:2

Average Rating: 6.4/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 21 mins

Genre: Westerns

Synopsis: The story of General George Armstrong Custer, and his disastrous decision to fight the Sioux at Little Big Horn -- an historic mistake that resulted in the deaths of himself and all 264 of his cavalry men.... The story of General George Armstrong Custer, and his disastrous decision to fight the Sioux at Little Big Horn -- an historic mistake that resulted in the deaths of himself and all 264 of his cavalry men. [More]

Starring: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Arthur Kennedy, Anthony Quinn

Starring: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Arthur Kennedy, Anthony Quinn, Charley Grapewin, Gene Lockhart, Stanley Ridges, John Litel

Director: Raoul Walsh

Director: Raoul Walsh
Composer: Max Steiner

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suffers from being too long and meandering too much into the minutiae of Custer's love life

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Robert Roten
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Endures as one of the finest Flynn-de Havilland collaborations.

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Glorified Custer, sure, but Flynn is spectacular.

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