Custer's Last Fight (1912)

Name: Custer's Last Fight
Genre: Western
Released: 1912-10-03

50m

Running Time

Plot.

Custer's Last Fight chronicles George Armstrong Custer's final battle against the forces of Sitting Bull at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

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Cast & Crew.

Francis Ford

General George A. Custer / Director

William Eagle Shirt

Sitting Bull

J. Barney Sherry

James McLaughlin

Grace Cunard

Art Acord

Trooper

Ann Little

Lillian Christy

Charles K. French

Ray C. Smallwood

Cinematography

Thomas H. Ince

Producer

Tom Chatterton

Army Sergeant

Richard V. Spencer

Writer

Media.

Details.

Release Date
October 3, 1912

Status
Released

Running Time
50m

Filming Locations
Los Angeles, United States

Wiki.

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. 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.