Though a fictionalized Western based on George Armstrong Custer's 7th Cavalry Regiment at the Battle of the Little Big Horn, the film is almost a generic war story covering the enlistment, training, and operational deployment of a group of recruits that could take place in any time period.
Production | Jules V. Levy | Producer |
Editing | Melvin Shapiro | Editor |
Sound | Riz Ortolani | Original Music Composer |
Editing | Tom Rolf | Editor |
Art | Ted Haworth | Production Design |
Writing | Hoffman Birney | Novel |
Production | Arthur Gardner | Producer |
Production | Arnold Laven | Producer |
Writing | Sam Peckinpah | Writer |
Directing | Arnold Laven | Director |
Camera | James Wong Howe | Director of Photography |
Crew | Ronnie Rondell Jr. | Stunts |
Crew | Walter Scott | Stunt Double |