**Custer (The Legend of Custer)**

September 6, 1967 - December 27, 1967
17 one hour episodes (1 season)
in color on ABC
Created by: Samuel A. Peeples and David Weisbart
Produced by: 20th Century Fox

CAST

Wayne Maunder --- Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer
Robert F. Simon --- Gen. Alfred Terry
Peter Palmer --- Sgt. James Bustard
Slim Pickens --- California Joe Milner
Michael Dante --- Crazy Horse

STORYLINE

The plot is just what you remember, Custer (Wayne Maunder) is a Civil war hero, sent out west to fight Indians. Partially as a punishment he is given a ragtag group of misfits and criminals as his troops and a commanding General (Robert F. Simon)who can't stand his brash ways.

From time to time he makes deals with Crazy Horse (Michael Dante) but when the day is done they remain mortal enemies.

I'm not sure what would have happened when the time line of the show caught up to Little Big Horn in history but we never got to find out. The show was canceled due to American Indian protests about the portrayal of Indians as mindless savages. This was a landmark move for the studio and helped to set the tone the for more realistic depiction of Indians in the future.

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