Custer's Last Stand (serial)

Custer's Last Stand
Custer's Last Stand
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Elmer Clifton
Screenplay by	George Arthur Durlam; Eddie Granemann; William Lively
Story by	George Arthur Durlam; Eddie Granemann; William Lively
Produced by	Louis Weiss
Starring	Rex Lease; Lona Andre; William Farnum; Ruth Mix; Jack Mulhall
Cinematography	Bert Longenecker
Edited by	George M. Merrick; Holbrook N. Todd
Music by	Hal Chasnoff
Distributed by	Stage & Screen Productions
Release dates	January 2, 1936; April 3, 1936 (film);
Running time	15 chapters (328 min); 84 min (film)
Country	United States
Language	English

Custer's Last Stand is a 1936 American film serial based on the historical Custer's Last Stand at the Little Bighorn River. It was directed by Elmer Clifton, and starred Rex Lease, William Farnum and Jack Mulhall. It was produced by the Poverty Row studio Stage & Screen Productions, which went bust shortly afterwards as a victim of the Great Depression. This serial stars many famous and popular B-Western actors as well as silent serial star Helen Gibson playing Calamity Jane, Frank McGlynn Jr. as General Custer, and Allen Greer as Wild Bill Hickok.

In April of the same year, the serial was edited into an 84-minute feature film, which was released under the same name.

Plot overview

The serial follows multiple plot threads, centering on a Medicine Arrow taken in battle and a secret gold mine, in the lead up to the Battle of Little Big Horn.

Cast

Rex Lease as Kit Cardigan and his father John C. Cardigan
Lona Andre as Belle Meade
William Farnum as James Fitzpatrick
Ruth Mix as Elizabeth Custer
Jack Mulhall as Lieutenant Cook
Nancy Caswell as Barbara Trent
George Chesebro as Lieutenant Frank Roberts
Dorothy Gulliver as Red Fawn
Frank McGlynn Jr. as General George A. Custer
Helen Gibson as Calamity Jane
Josef Swickard as Major Henry Trent, MD
Chief Thundercloud as Young Wolf
Allen Greer as Wild Bill Hickok
High Eagle as Crazy Horse
Howling Wolf as Sitting Bull

Production

Commenting on the plot, Cline notes that this serial contains several historical characters in a purely fictitious setting. "The story rambled through a series of loosely connected plots and sub plots" leading to Little Big Horn.^[1]

Stunts

Yakima Canutt
Ken Cooper
Carl Mathews
Mabel Strickland (riding double)
Wally West

Release

Theatrical

Custer's Last Stand was well received by action fans, regardless of its historical inaccuracies.^[1]

Chapter titles

Perils of the Plains
Thundering Hoofs
Fires of Vengeance
The Ghost Dancers
Trapped
Human Wolves
Demons of Disaster
White Treachery
Circle of Death
Flaming Arrow
Warpath
Firing Squad
Red Panthers
Custer's Last Ride
The Last Stand

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References

^ ^a ^b Cline, William C. (1984). "3. The Six Faces of Adventure". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 39. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
^ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 217. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

External links

Custer's Last Stand at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
Custer's Last Stand at IMDb
Custer's Last Stand at AllMovie

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[Cline1-1] Cline, William C. (1984). "3. The Six Faces of Adventure". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 39. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

[2] Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 217. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

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