They Died With Their Boots On | Custer Takes Command | Warner Classics

George Armstrong Custer (Errol Flynn) is promoted by mistake to the rank of brigadier general and takes command of the Michigan Brigade at the Battle of Gettysburg. He wins the day, and many victories follow thereafter. Subscribe to Warner Classics:    / @warnerbrosclassics   About They Died with Their Boots On (Theatrical Release - November 21, 1941): Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland star in this rip-roaring, fictionalized account of the myth of General George Custer directed by Raoul Walsh and highlighted by a strong supporting cast that includes Arthur Kennedy and Anthony Quinn. Flynn stars as General George Armstrong Custer, brilliant Civil War general, commandant of a Western military outpost and the man who led his soldiers into the most famous massacre in United States history—the Battle of the Little Big Horn—where, on July 22, 1876, They Died With Their Boots On. #ErrolFlynn #GeorgeCuster #Custer #ClassicWarFilms #CivilWarMovies