7th CAVALRY
DIRECTED BY JOSEPH H. LEWIS
PRODUCED BY HARRY JOE BROWN/RANDOLPH SCOTT
A SCOTT-BROWN PRODUCTION
PRODUCERS-ACTORS CORPORATION
COLUMBIA PICTURES CORPORATION
INFORMATION FROM IMDb
Plot Summary
Returning to Fort Lincoln, Captain Benson learns of Custer's defeat at the Little Big Horn. At the inquiry as Custer's Officers blame Custer for the defeat, Benson tries to defend him. But Benson was suspiciously absent at the time of the battle and is now despised by the troops. So when an order to retrieve the bodies from the battlefield arrives, Benson volunteers for the dangerous mission of returning back into Indian territory.
Written by Maurice VanAuken
Cast
Randolph Scott ... Capt. Tom Benson
Barbara Hale ... Martha Kellogg
Jay C. Flippen ... Sgt. Bates
Frank Faylen ... Sgt. Kruger
Jeanette Nolan ... Charlotte Reynolds
Leo Gordon ... Vogel
Denver Pyle ... Dixon
Harry Carey Jr. ... Cpl. Morrison
Michael Pate ... Capt. Benteen
Donald Curtis ... Lt. Bob Fitch
Frank Wilcox ... Maj. Reno
Pat Hogan ... Young Hawk
Russell Hicks ... Col. Kellogg
Peter Ortiz ... Pollock
and many more...
Directed
Joseph H. Lewis
Writing Credits
Peter Packer ... (screenplay)
Glendon Swarthout ... (based on a story by) (as Glendon F. Swarthout)
Produced
Harry Joe Brown ... producer
Randolph Scott ... associate producer
Music
Mischa Bakaleinikoff ... (uncredited)
Cinematography
Ray Rennahan ... director of photography
Trivia
Filmed in Mexico
Crazy Credits
Opening credits: Capt. Benson was returning with his future bride,
to his post commanded by the gallant Indian fighter Colonel Custer, who had prepared the famous 7th for all out war with the Sioux.
Goofs
Character error
After doing some online searching I found that Captain Tom Benson was a fictional character of what could've happened, surprised no one mention that.
Continuity
After killing the Indian ,Denver Pyle's trooper holsters his rifle twice .
At abt. 44m.,Scott knocks an Indian from his horse. As they are rolling on the ground, he (the stuntman) has his hat on securely. In the following action, he is hatless.
If you keep a close eye on Captain Benson (Randolph Scott) and soldier Vogel (Leo Gordon) during their fight, there's a brief moment when Vogel has a fresh looking face when only a second before and after it was sweat and dust covered.
Factual errors
As Corporal Morrison (Harry Carey Jr.) saddles "Dandy", LT Col Custer's second mount, he puts on an English saddle. US Calvary adopted "McClellan" saddles which remained in service through World War II. This was the wrong saddle for the movie.
When the troops present arms at the flag-raising at the beginning of the film, the soldier closest to the camera has a Remington Rolling-Block rifle, probably standing in for a Springfield Trapdoor carbine, with which the cavalry of 1876 was actually equipped. The Remington, though popular with the armies of many other nations, was never adopted in any form by the US military.
The flag lowered at the end of the movie has 35 stars in a rectangular 5x7 pattern. The Battle of Little Bighorn took place in 1876, when the US flag actually had 37 stars.
Filming Locations
Amecameca, Estado de México, Mexico
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