Custer's Last Fight

1912 film

  • October 4, 1912 (1912-10-04) (United States)
Running time
2 reels (approximately 30 minutes)CountryUnited StatesLanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Custer's Last Fight (also known as Custer's Last Raid) is a 1912 American silent short Western film. It is the first film about George Armstrong Custer and his final stand at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.[1] Francis Ford, the older brother of director John Ford, directed the two-reel short and also starred in the title role. It was shot principally in "Inceville" at Santa Ynez Canyon in Pacific Palisades, California.

The film was re-released in 1925 and 1933.

Cast

  • Francis Ford as George Armstrong Custer
  • Grace Cunard as Mrs. Custer[2]
  • William Eagle Shirt as Sitting Bull
  • J. Barney Sherry as James McLaughlin
  • Art Acord as a Trooper
  • Ann Little
  • Lillian Christy
  • Charles K. French
  • Snowball as a horse

References

  1. ^ "Last Stand at Little Big Horn". American Experience. PBS.
  2. ^ "Grace Cunard – Women Film Pioneers Project". wfpp.columbia.edu. Retrieved March 5, 2020.

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