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.
James Wong Howe | Director of Photography |
Hoffman Birney | Novel |
Riz Ortolani | Original Music Composer |
Melvin Shapiro | Editor |
Ted Haworth | Production Design |
Arnold Laven | Director |
Arthur Gardner | Producer |
Arnold Laven | Producer |
Sam Peckinpah | Writer |
Tom Rolf | Editor |