Movie: The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer

Top 10 Billed Cast

Brian Keith
Brian Keith

Allan Jacobson - Defense Attorney

Ken Howard
Ken Howard

Major Asa B. Gandiner - Prosecuting Attorney

Stephen Elliott
Stephen Elliott

Major General Schofield

J.D. Cannon
J.D. Cannon

William Sherman

Nicolas Coster
Nicolas Coster

General Philip Sheridan

William Daniels
William Daniels

Major Marcus Reno

Richard Dysart
Richard Dysart

President Ulysses S. Grant

Biff McGuire
Biff McGuire

Alfred Terry

Susan Sullivan
Susan Sullivan

Mrs. Linda Slaughter

Anthony Zerbe
Anthony Zerbe

Jefferson

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    General Custer is on trial for the deaths of his men at the Battle of Little Bighorn.

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    1977-12-01

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    If General Custer survived the Battle of Little Big Horn, would the court find him a hero or fool?

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