I originally saw this rather boring movie years ago on TV - watching as I read a book - only to come up out of my seat - surprised to find Robert Ryan playing the extremely minor part of Sgt Mulligan...
I have to give performance credit to Robert Ryan, Jeffrey Hunter and Ty Hardin (in that order) for their attempts to raise the movie out of mediocrity... However, the movie remains forgettable except for Robert Ryan's part as Sergeant Mulligan.
I purchased the DVD only so that I could have a copy of Robert Ryan's performance.
I am puzzled by all the attention given to the very minor character of Sergeant Buckley, played by Robert Hall. A few parts of the movie were filmed around his character, but without a strong connection to other parts of the movie...
If the story had stayed closer to history, and someone more likely had played Colonel Custer (he was reduced to the Permanemt Rank of Lt Col at the end of the Civil War). For example - using the same players;Ty Hardin as Colonel Custer , with Robert Ryan as Sgt Buckley, and perhaps Jeffrey Hunter as Major Reno and Robert Shaw as Captain Benteen, then this movie might have been worthwhile...
I have to give performance credit to Robert Ryan, Jeffrey Hunter and Ty Hardin (in that order) for their attempts to raise the movie out of mediocrity... However, the movie remains forgettable except for Robert Ryan's part as Sergeant Mulligan.
I purchased the DVD only so that I could have a copy of Robert Ryan's performance.
I am puzzled by all the attention given to the very minor character of Sergeant Buckley, played by Robert Hall. A few parts of the movie were filmed around his character, but without a strong connection to other parts of the movie...
If the story had stayed closer to history, and someone more likely had played Colonel Custer (he was reduced to the Permanemt Rank of Lt Col at the end of the Civil War). For example - using the same players;Ty Hardin as Colonel Custer , with Robert Ryan as Sgt Buckley, and perhaps Jeffrey Hunter as Major Reno and Robert Shaw as Captain Benteen, then this movie might have been worthwhile...