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Custer Of The West [VHS] [1967]

VHS ~ Robert Shaw

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Actors: Robert Shaw, Mary Ure, Ty Hardin, Jeffrey Hunter, Lawrence Tierney
Directors: Robert Siodmak
Writers: Bernard Gordon, Julian Zimet
Producers: Irving Lerner, Louis Dolivet, Philip Yordan
Format: PAL
Classification: U
Studio: Revelation Films
VHS Release Date: 21 May 2001
Run Time: 135 minutes

Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

ASIN: B00005IB7V
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 26,276 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Amazon.co.uk Review

General George Armstrong Custer has been portrayed as everything from a vain but ultimately honourable hero (Errol Flynn in They Died with Their Boots On) to an insane, pompous incompetent (Richard Mulligan in the biting Little Big Man), but few have attempted an ambitious look at the man in all his contradictions. Robert Siodmak's Custer of the West, his final American production, attempts the task with fine results, portraying the career soldier as a pragmatist, a disciplinarian with a bullying streak, a loner and ultimately an Old World romantic in the modern age. Robert Shaw gives the role a regal bearing (though his continental accent keeps drifting in) and a sense of dignity, depicting a man who ironically identifies more with the Indians than with the US Army. Jeffrey Hunter and Ty Hardin co-star as his battling junior officers and Robert Ryan is memorable in a brief appearance as a gold-mining deserter. Shooting in handsome widescreen and vivid Technicolor, Siodmak makes his outdoor settings come alive and nimbly handles the many action scenes, most notably a chase that sends an escaping soldier whooshing down a log water chute like a Disney ride. Siodmak's sweeping visuals deliver both grand images and ironic counterpoint, but ultimately Custer of the West eschews the heroism of Hollywood adventures for a portrait of the corrupt state of the American military and one man's hopeless fight against it. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com

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General Custer takes charge of the 9th Cavalry and is ordered to drive the Indians away from their land. When gold is discovered on the reservation men begin to desert...

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1.0 out of 5 stars DVD done on the cheap, 21 Oct 2002

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This review is from: Custer Of The West [DVD] [1967] (DVD)

So utterly, utterly disappointing. A big widescreen roadshow picture that has been given the cheapest mediocre transfer to DVD possible.
Washed out colours, scratchy original film; tinny, harsh sound. Was it in stereo; quality so poor it's difficult to detect.
And a dreadful pan-and-scan transfer that destroys all the original wide screen vistas.
These big films of the '60s &'70s deserve to be appraised on a good transfer to DVD.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Reasonable rendition, but nothing special, 29 Nov 2001

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This review is from: Custer Of The West [DVD] [1967] (DVD)

Trying to get into the mind of the man who was hoping to be behind one of the biggets single massacres in north american history could not have been an easy thing for Robert Shaw, who plays General Custer his time leading up to his death at the Battle of little Bighorn. Instead of waiting for backup, the arrogant bully, as he is (most probably) accurately portrayed in this film decides to go on and wipe the collection of what was left of the native Americans off the face of the earth, but finds a little more than he was bargaining for....
Reasonably well acted and directed, a shame the indian side of this same story has not been shown in nearly as many ways as that of the arrogant General Custer.

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