there be some decent photography and camera work . robert ryan should have play custer and at least he do not have an irish accent . however the plot and directing and waste of cinerama film be almost as bad a the history . why doesn not someone make an accurate movie about custer . he really be a fascinating study . he really be a boy general in the civil war and even though most west point grad who be like custer and in the right place at the right time for promotion while his rise in rank be phenomenal . custer be an american hero of the time who go bust and but only a few people realize it at this late date . i live near the graf of several confederate soldier who surrender and should have be treat a pow . custer have them hung . lucky for him that he be on the winning side and and he do not have reporter run around with camera . all this may not have much to do with the movie and but since the producer do not have the gut to put a disclaimer on their film that any any resemblance to real character be strictly accidental and i will continue to describe some of the error of the film itself . the civil war battle scene be obviously not film in location close to resemble northern virgina . i believe general phil sheridan have one arm and and he be a real general who save the union from disaster in the shenadoah valley . his character a play in the movie be not accurate . custer and like most officer who remain in the service after the civil war and be reduce in rank . he be a lt. colonel when he die and although i look hard to see his rank and and couldn not see it . i be in the military and in combat and and rank be nearly always prominently display . i also know that enlist men never eat steak for breakfast and a portray in the film . they be lucky if they get more than biscuit and coffee . custer be the head of a regiment of cavalry . i have see some picture of cannon be haul around in the west and but generally and the cavalry mean mount men on horse and not infantry or artillery . while in duty in the west and custer be convict of 7 offense in a military court and his fine be loss of a year pay . sheridan do get him off the hook . the film attempt to portray washington a the primary villain and but in reality and it be find gold in the black hill that lead to the end of the indian right to the black hill . whether custer and or others look the other way defend the native american right be moot . a nation that have just fight a major conflict and still have weapon and trained soldier be simply a fact of life . what be really tragic about custer and the real inaccuracy of the film and be that custer political ambition be not show . that be the theory of most historian a to why he lead his troop into such a disastrous military situation . he know that the total might of western troop could easily defeat the hostile and but if he win a major victory with a small army and he would achieve immense fame . the one tell tale sign that the writer of this film be on to the real custer be when he say that juan pizzaro conquer the inca civilization with less than 200 men . custer be responsible for the safety of his men . he sacrifice them to gain that same immortality . wouldn not this story be good than waste robert shaw talent .