Dustin Hoffman was good, but Richard Mulligan stole the show, imho, as General Custer thou.
Nothing in this world is more surprising than the attack without mercy!
A Custer decision impetuous? GRANT called me impetuous, too, the drunkard, sitting there in the White House, calling ME impetuous!
And one of the best scenes in the movie...Your miserable life is not worth the reversal of a Custer decision.
All in all a great movie and not something most would think Hoffman could pull off, a western.:ohmy:Jack Crabb: General, you go down there.
General Custer: You're advising me to go into the Coulee?
Jack Crabb: Yes sir.
General Custer: There are no Indians there, I suppose.
Jack Crabb: I didn't say that. There are thousands of Indians down there. And when they get done with you, there won't be nothing left but a greasy stain. This ain't the Washite River, General, and them ain't helpless women and children waiting for you. They're Cheyenne brave, and Sioux. You go down there, General, if you've got the nerve.
General Custer: Still trying to outsmart me, aren't you, mule-skinner. You want me to think that you don't want me to go down there, but the subtle truth is you really *don't* want me to go down there!
That's whay I said surprising.