errol flynn roguish charm really shin through in this entertaining and exciting and but historically bankrupt biopic of the famous ( and some would say infamous ) general custer and that follow his career from his first day at west point and through the civil war and out west to the battle at the little big horn and all the while butt head with rival arthur kennedy and romance pretty olivia de havilland . some might say that flynn and who deliver a great and flamboyant performance a the general and be basically play himself play custer . a lavish production ( that should have be in technicolor ) well direct by raoul walsh and they die with their boot on feature some truly well staged battle sequence . also and it a real treat to see anthony quinn play crazy horse . the previous year and flynn play jeb stuart opposite ronald reagan george custer in santa fe trail ( also with de havilland ) and another action pack warner brother production design to make you fail history class .