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Little Big Horn (1951)

06/15/1951 Western 1h 26m
62%
User
Score
6.7/10

Fifty painted Sioux to every one of their GALLANT few!

Overview

Two cavalry officers (Lloyd Bridges, John Ireland) lead a patrol to warn Gen. Custer about an ambush.

Charles Marquis Warren

Director

Top Billed Cast

Lloyd Bridges

Lloyd Bridges

Capt. Phillip Donlin

John Ireland

John Ireland

Lt. John Haywood

Marie Windsor

Marie Windsor

Celie Donlin

Reed Hadley

Reed Hadley

Sgt. Maj. Peter Grierson

Jim Davis

Jim Davis

Cpl. Doan Moylan

Wally Cassell

Wally Cassell

Pvt. Danny Zecca

Hugh O'Brian

Hugh O'Brian

Pvt. Al DeWalt

King Donovan

King Donovan

Pvt. James Corbo

Richard Emory

Richard Emory

Pvt. Mitch Shovels

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written on May 18, 2017

The Army works on the principle that it's better to sacrifice a few to many. It's hard to be one of those "few."

Little Big Horn (AKA: The Fighting Seventh) is directed by Charles Marquis Warren who also adapts the screenplay from a story by Harold Shumate. It stars Lloyd Bridges, John Ireland, Marie Windsor, Reed Hadley and Jim Davis. Music is by Paul Dunlap and cinematography by Ernest Miller.

A small U.S. Cavalry unit snake their way towards Little Big Horn to warn General Custer of the mortal danger that awaits. But beset with inner conflicts and with the Sioux on their tails, chances of achieving their goal gets slimmer by the hour.

Low on budget but big on impact, Little Big Horn may just be the finest film to come out of Lippert Productions. With history as it is, the only ...

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