Custer's Last Fight
1912 film
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Custer's Last Fight (also known as Custer's Last Raid) is a 1912 American short silent 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.
Directed byFrancis Ford
Written byRichard V. Spencer
Produced byThomas H. Ince
StarringFrancis Ford
Grace Cunard
Grace Cunard
| Custer's Last Fight | |
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 1925 re-release poster | |
| Directed by | Francis Ford |
| Written by | Richard V. Spencer |
| Produced by | Thomas H. Ince |
| Starring | Francis Ford Grace Cunard |
| Cinematography | Ray Smallwood |
| Distributed by | Mutual Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 2 reels (approximately 30 minutes) |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
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
