Custer's Last Fight (also known as Custer's Last Raid) is a 1912 American silent Western short film. It is the first film about George Armstrong Custer and his final stand at the Battle of the Little Bighorn."Last Stand at Little Big Horn". American Experience. PBS. Francis Ford, the older brother of director John Ford, directed the two-reel short and also starred in the title role. It was shot principally in "Inceville" at Santa Ynez Canyon in Pacific Palisades, California.
The film was re-released in 1925 and 1933.
Cast Francis Ford as George Armstrong Custer Grace Cunard as Mrs. Custer William Eagle Shirt as Sitting Bull J. Barney Sherry as James McLaughlin Art Acord as a Trooper Ann Little Lillian Christy Charles K. French Snowball as a horse
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re-edited version on DVD