Custer’s Last Film

In his own time George A. Custer was quite the celebrity-soldier, so it is certainly appropriate that he has become such a frequent character in the movies. Unfortunately, few of the actors who have played him over the last century were nearly as good at acting the Boy General as the original was at playing himself. Over 50 films have dealt with Custer or his last battle since the first in 1909, although in recent times, as with the HBO series Deadwood or the Tom Cruise film The Last Samur