The Winchester rifle with the "half" magazine carried by the bad Indian agent in the premiere episode, "Sabers In The Sun," is the same one used by Paul Newman in HOMBRE.
This review is based on the "theatrical" version of the series pilot."Awful" is about the kindest thing I can say.
I remember being enthralled by this series as a kid and was disappointed when it ended. I endeavoured later to find out about the real Custer and am now enjoying the series again on DVD.
Fully disagree with the bad reviews. This show was ahead of its time and was canceled (for the at the time) violence shown.
I picked up a DVD copy of "The Legend of Custer", not realizing it was actually the premiere episode of the short lived 1967 TV Series titled simply "Custer". Wayne Maunder does the honors as the twenty eight year old arrogant and conceited "Boy General", shortly after his demotion in rank from Brevet General to a Lieutenant Colonel, which came as a result of dereliction of duty for leaving his post.
"Custer" lasted 16 episodes, and that's 16 episodes too many. I can't find any reason why a network would have picked poorly-written junk like this up to broadcast.
