while a biography and buffalo bill be probably as accurate a the depiction of custer in they die with their boot on and it be still excellent film making and a fine vehicle for stalwart joel mccrea and who and despite performance in excellent non western such a sullivan travel and foreign correspondent be know primarily a a cowboy star . i would also hold this film up a another example and along with john ford cavalry trilogy and of a film which depict native american a a noble race and victimize by the march of western civilization and long before the advent of film such a little big man or dance with wolf the white man be clearly the villain in this and the ford film . early on and cody admonish a government representative and tell him that yellow hand ( anthony quinn and who also play crazy horse in they die with their boot on ) be a prince of his people and and should be treat a such . plus and if the reunion at the shoot gallery and the wild west show farewell scene do not put a lump in your throat and good check your pulse .