Es uno de los grandes westerns de la historia, sobre todo por su carga heroica y legendaria. Hablamos de Murieron con las botas puestas, magnífico film protagonizado por Errol Flynn. Los amantes de la precisión histórica enseguida dirán que este film echa mucha imaginación a los hechos, que el general George A. Custer era un personaje bastante más siniestro de lo que nos pinta Raoul Walsh. Quizá, pero es el mismo tipo de invención que Shakespeare utiliza en sus vibrantes dramas históricos, como Enrique V. Se trata de libertades que los creadores se toman, confiando en que el espectador no ha de tomar todo de modo literal.
Highly fictionalized account (see the IMDB 'goofs' for examples) of the life of George Armstrong Custer from his arrival at West Point in 1857 to his death at the battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876. He has little discipline at the academy but is prepared to stand up to the senior cadet, Ned Sharp, who makes his life miserable. While there he catches the eye of the commandant, Col. (later General) Phil Sheridan and also meets his future bride, Elizabeth Bacon. Graduating early due to the Civil War, it is only through a chance meeting with General Winfield Scott that he finally gets assigned to a cavalry regiment. He served with distinction during the war and when he is promoted to Brigadier General in error, he leads his troops in a decisive victory. He has little to do after the war turning down lucrative positions in private industry and it's his wife who arranges with Gen...
"Mítico filme, narración apasionada que alterna con excelente habilidad dramáticas secuencias espectaculares con momentos intimistas, exponente de una manera de entender el cine ya desaparecida" (Miguel Ángel Palomo: Diario El País)
Intérpretes: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Arthur Kennedy, Sydney Greenstreet, Gene Lockhart, Anthony Quinn, Charley Grapewin, John Litel, Stanley Ridges, Hattie McDaniel, Walter Hampden, Regis Toomey, Frank Wilcox
Guión: Wally Kline, Æneas MacKenzie
Música: Max Steiner
Fotografía: Bert Glennon
Título Original: They Died with Their Boots
Año: 1941
País: EE.UU.
Duración: 140 min.
Género: Western
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