Historical biopic based on the life of the American cavalry commander who achieved military success during the Civil War, and was sent to seize land for the US Government, ultimately meeting his end at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Starring Robert Shaw, Mary Ure, Jeffrey Hunter, Ty Hardin and Lawrence Tierney.

The story of U.S. Army commander George Armstrong Custer, a flamboyant hero of the Civil War who later fought and was exterminated with his entire command by warring Sioux and Cheyenne tribes at the battle of Little Big Horn in 1876.