i have not see all of the custer movie and but this one be certainly not the accurate historical portrait or epic that his story begs for . the chief culprit here be the scriptwriter and who seem to have base their scenario on early custer movie instead of serious historical research . they also have to work in some make for cinerama thrill sequence that add nothing to the story and seem to go on forever . shaw and a pretty credible actor and seem to have realize how farcical this effort be and get into the spirit with a performance that be by turns lackadaisical and hammy . his support cast notably lawrence tierney a phil sheridan and ty hardin a marcus reno and and jeffrey hunter a frederick w. benteen also chew the scenery and and a custer wife and mary ure be apparently under heavy sedation most of the time . my favorite moment of this idiocy and however and come at the very end and a the director present the battle of little big horn a choreograph by busby berkeley ( only without the overhead shot ) . really and if youre a custer buff and this be only for laugh .