The Glory Guys
| The Glory Guys | |
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 Original film poster by Frank McCarthy | |
| Directed by | Arnold Laven |
| Screenplay by | Sam Peckinpah |
| Based on | The Dice of God by Hoffman Birney |
| Produced by |
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| Starring | Tom Tryon Harve Presnell Senta Berger James Caan Michael Anderson, Jr. |
| Cinematography | James Wong Howe |
| Edited by | Tom Rolf |
| Music by | Riz Ortolani |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date | 7 July 1965 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.6 million[1] |
The Glory Guys is a 1965 American Western film directed by Arnold Laven and written by Sam Peckinpah, based on the 1956 novel The Dice of God by Hoffman Birney. Filmed by Levy-Gardner-Laven and released by United Artists, it stars Tom Tryon, Harve Presnell, Senta Berger, James Caan, and Michael Anderson Jr..
Plot[]
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. The main plot follows two cavalry soldiers under the command of a tough general who fight Plains Indians and fall for the same woman.
Production[]
The film was known as Custer's Last Stand. When 20th Century Fox announced they would make The Day Custer Fell they were worried about competing with a big budget film so they changed the script and made all the characters fictitious.[1] Sam Peckinpah, fresh from making Major Dundee (1965), was considered to direct the film, but he was passed over in favor of Arnold Laven.
The large-scale film was made in Durango, Mexico, with large numbers of mounted extras and the final battle scene choreographed on 20,000 acres (81 km2) of land.[2]
The titles were drawn by Joseph Mugnaini for Format Productions. Cover version's of the title song were done by Al Caiola and sung by Frankie Laine.
Cast[]
- Tom Tryon as Capt. Demas Harrod
- Harve Presnell as Scout Sol Rogers
- Senta Berger as Lou Woddard
- Michael Anderson Jr. as Trp. Martin Hale
- James Caan as Trp. Anthony Dugan
- Slim Pickens as Sgt. James Gregory
- as Trp. Clark Gentry
- Adam Williams as Trp. Lucas Crain
- Andrew Duggan as Gen. Frederick McCabe
- Peter Breck as Lt. Bunny Hodges
- Laurel Goodwin as Beth Poole
- Jeanne Cooper as Mrs. Rachael McCabe
- Robert McQueeney as Maj. Oliver Marcus
- Wayne Rogers as Lt. Mike Moran
- Michael Forest as Fred Cushman
- Claudio Brook as Rev. Poole (scenes deleted)
See also[]
Notes[]
- ^ a b Businessmen First but Talent Prevails Scheuer, Philip K. Los Angeles Times 26 July 1965: c17.
- ^ http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/notes/fsmbox03_notes.pdf
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