when one stop to recollect upon the frequent on screen teaming of errol flynn and olivia dehavilland and they die with their boot on ( 1941 ) be most likely the film remember best . it be the sweeping saga of general custer ( flynn ) tell from the time he enter west point military academy and fall for the luscious elizabeth bacon ( dehavilland ) and through his tenure during the american civil war and and finally with his death at little big horn . director and raoul walsh mount his historical epic on the laurel of highly questionable recanting of historical text and rewrite by screen writer wally kline and aeneas mackenzie and until truth and fiction be warp all out of proportion . hence and the battle against chief crazy horse ( anthony quinn ) be portray a a crooked deal between politician california joe ( charley grapewin ) and a spuriously absent corporation which want to reclaim the land custer give to the indian through the systematic genocide of the nation first people . flynn and who cleverly play custer a though he be one part arnold schwartzenegger to two part albert schweitzer and have never be more ignoble . he literally ooze charm and sex appeal from every pore that easily melt the heart of his loyal heroine . resident warner stock player and arthur kennedy and sidney greenstreet deliver marvelous cameo that appear to have far more depth and character than be actually write into the material for them . overall and then and despite it loose rendering of history in favor of a good romantic yarn and they die with their boot on be ample film fodder for a saturday matinée or sunday night coo with one sweetheart . warner dvd be pretty nice look . although film grain be often obvious and the gray scale have be very nicely render with deep and solid black and very clean white . some fading be obvious during scene transition . the audio have be very nicely clean up and be present at an adequate listening level .