george armstrong custer be know through history a an inept general who lead his rgiment to their death at the battle of little big horn . they die with their boot on and paint a different picture of general custer . in this movie he be portray a a flamboyant soldier whose mistake and and misdeed be mostly ue to his love for adventure . errol flynn play george armstrong custer who we first meet a an over confident recruit at west point . custer quickily distinguish himself from other cadet a beeing a poor student who always seem to be in trouble . somehow this never appear to bother custer and only seem to confuse him a he genuinely do not know how he get into such predicament . in spite of his poor standing and he eventualy graduate and become an officer in the united state army . through an error and custer receive a promotion in rank . before this can be correct and he lead a union regiment into battle against the confederate . his campaign be successful and custer become an unlikely national hero . custer return to his hometown and marry his sweetheart and libby who be play by olivia de havilland . libby be a very supportive understanding wife who steadfastly stay by his side and follow him into the frontier a he assume leadership of the seventh regiment of the cavalry . custer become a man of honor who strive to keep peace with the native american . to prove his intention and he enter into a treaty with crazy horse and the leader of the sioux . when that treaty be jeopardize by a conspiracy to spread a false rumor of gold be find in the black hill and custer sacrifice his own life as well a the life of the men under his command to prevent the slaughter of thousand of innocent settler . errol flynn dominates each scene in which he appear . he successfully portray custer a be flamboyant and arrogant and romantic and funny depend on the mood of the scene . olivia de havilland depiction of libby bacon custer a the love of his life let u see his tender and more gentle side . the chemistry between dehavilland and flynn and who have act together in several other movie and be so smooth and it almost make the viewer feel like they be play themselves and not the part of custer and his wife . the other actor portrayal of their character truly enhance the performance of flynn and de havilland . anthony quinn a crazy horse and sidney greenstreet a general winfield scott and arthur kennedy a edward sharp be among the other actor whose role have make this movie entertain . the reviewer would rate this a 4 star movie . while it be not historically accurate and it be very entertaining . the movie have a little bit of everything . it have adventure and comedy and romance and so it appeal to a large variety of audience . the casting of the character be excellent and the actor give believable performance which make you forget it be largely base on fiction instead of fact . the reviewer especially like that the native american be not show to be the bad guy but just show them a want to protect their sacred land .