{"product_id":"custer-of-the-west","title":"Custer of the West","description":"\u003ch2\u003eDescription\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story of U.S. Army commander George Armstrong Custer, a flamboyant hero of the Civil War who later fought and was exterminated with his entire command by warring Sioux and Cheyenne tribes at the battle of Little Big Horn in 1876.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSTARS:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0001727\/?ref_=tt_ov_st\"\u003eRobert Shaw\u003c\/a\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0881829\/?ref_=tt_ov_st\"\u003eMary Ure\u003c\/a\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0362249\/?ref_=tt_ov_st\"\u003eTy Hardin\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e143 min | Biography, Drama, History | 1967 | Color\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003eMovies with low demand and\/or out of print are manufactured-to-order using high quality recordable DVDs. 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Save on postage and waiting time. Transfer can take up to 12 hours depending on the time zone you are in.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA flawed by worthy portrayal of Custer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert Siodmak’s account of George Armstrong Custer has been all too readily dismissed as a self important, would-be epic hampered by the miscasting of Robert Shaw in the title role. In fact it is quite an interesting film that gives dimension this notorious historical figure. Shaw’s English accent makes him essentially unsuitable for the role of the golden haired, arrogant soldier, but he turns in a typically sound performance that gives the film a solid centre. The script doesn’t settle for the clichés of Custer as a brutal Indian hater nor the ridiculous Errol Flynn archetypes, but something in-between. Here Custer is portrayed as a reckless glory hunter and an obsessive fighter certainly, but also as a man who clung to his honour as a soldier. In any case he was an important instrument of the US government’s policy of driving the Indians out of their lands to make way for the settlers. “You are paying the price for being backward”, Custer explains to an Indian Chief. Robert Ryan’s cameo as Mulligan defines Custer’s attitude towards humanity while the scene where Custer is asked to endorse an armoured train affirms his honourable notions of a soldier’s ideals. Bernado Seagall’s music score is superb, performances, particularly Mary Ure as Custer’s wife are excellent and there are several memorable scenes that put the events and the man into a wider historical context. Director Siodmak makes good use of wide screen photography, and the Battle of the Little Big Horn makes a poignant finale. The film may be slowly paced, yet it never bores and presents on the whole the film presents a worthy portrait of this infamous historical figure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ecuster was a murderer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCuster and the army as it was then condemned the indians and drove them from their homes. He, as well as the others of that time, treated the Indian with no respect and labeled them savages. They were driven to hate the army and the settlers, whom ruthlessly and horribly, destroyed their livestock, their homes, their dignity and honor. Such were the crimes committed by the government in washington. I suggest that you read the book bury my heart at wounded knew written by Dee Brown. The book tells the story how the Indian was mutilated and destroyed by men like custer and others.\u003cbr\u003eSincerely Ron Eck\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FilmClassicsonDVD","offers":[{"title":"DVD","offer_id":51462226084127,"sku":"cuwes-1","price":12.94,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"DOWNLOAD","offer_id":51462226116895,"sku":"cuwes-2","price":10.94,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0944\/0788\/5087\/files\/Custer-of-the-West-rareandcollectibledvds-223.jpg?v=1765427972","url":"https:\/\/filmclassicsondvd.com\/products\/custer-of-the-west","provider":"FilmClassicsonDVD","version":"1.0","type":"link"}