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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 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. In April of the same year, the serial was edited into an 84-minute feature film, which was released under the same name.
Original Release
01/02/1936
US Release
01/02/1936
Cast
Name | Character |
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Rex Lease | John C. Cardigan [Ch. 1] / Kit Cardigan |
Lona Andre | Belle Meade |
William Farnum | James Fitzpatrick |
Ruth Mix | Elizabeth Custer [Chs. 1,3, 8-11,15] / Elizabeth Custer |
Jack Mulhall | Lt. Cook / Lieutenant Cook |
Nancy Caswell | Barbara Trent |
George Chesebro | Lt. Frank Roberts / Lieutenant Frank Roberts |
Dorothy Gulliver | Red Fawn |
Frank McGlynn Jr. | Gen. George A. Custer / General George A. Custer |
Helen Gibson | Calamity Jane [Chs. 4-7, 10] / Calamity Jane |
Directors
Writers
George Arthur Durlam, Eddie Granemann, William Lively
Cast
Name | Character |
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Rex Lease | John C. Cardigan [Ch. 1] / Kit Cardigan |
Lona Andre | Belle Meade |
William Farnum | James Fitzpatrick |
Ruth Mix | Elizabeth Custer [Chs. 1,3, 8-11,15] / Elizabeth Custer |
Jack Mulhall | Lt. Cook / Lieutenant Cook |
Nancy Caswell | Barbara Trent |
George Chesebro | Lt. Frank Roberts / Lieutenant Frank Roberts |
Dorothy Gulliver | Red Fawn |
Frank McGlynn Jr. | Gen. George A. Custer / General George A. Custer |
Helen Gibson | Calamity Jane [Chs. 4-7, 10] / Calamity Jane |
Josef Swickard | Maj. Henry Trent MD / Major Henry Trent MD |
Chief Thundercloud | Young Wolf |
Reed Howes | Tom 'Keen' Blade |
Bobby Nelson | Bobby Nelson |
Robert Walker | Pete - Henchman / Pete |
Marty Joyce | Buzz |
Milburn Morante | Buckskin |
George Morrell | Sgt.-Maj. Flannigan / Sergeant Major Flannigan |
Creighton Hale | Hank |
Ted Adams | Buffalo Bill Cody [Chs. 6-7] / Barney / Buffalo Bill Cody |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Louis Weiss | Producer |