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.
Tom Tryon
as Capt. Demas Harrod
Harve Presnell
as Sol Rogers
Senta Berger
as Lou Woddard
Michael Anderson Jr.
as Pvt. Martin Hale
James Caan
as Pvt. Anthony Dugan
Slim Pickens
as Sgt. James Gregory
Erik Holland
as Pvt. Clark Gentry
Adam Williams
as Pvt. Lucas Crain
Andrew Duggan
as Gen. Frederick McCabe
Walter Scott
as Lt. Cook
Michael Forest
as Fred Cushman
George Ross
as Hanavan
