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Custer of the West (1966)
Director: Robert Siodmak
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Siodmak's penultimate movie which, as an epic Cinerama Western lumbered with the need for irrelevant spectacle, manages to be far less affecting than his less expensive noir thrillers of the '40s. Nevertheless, it's an ambitious and occasionally stylish work, expertly crafted but let down by a script which doesn't quite decide what angle to take on its controversial protagonist. Shaw's erratic American accent doesn't help either, though some of the supporting performances (Ryan especially) are very watchable.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Robert Siodmak
Producer: Louis Dolivet, Philip Yordan
Cast: Robert Shaw, Mary Ure, Jeffrey Hunter, Ty Hardin, Robert Ryan, Lawrence Tierney, Kieron Moore, Marc Lawrence full cast
Genre(s): Westerns
Duration: 146 mins
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