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Custer, also known as The Legend of Custer, is a 17-episode military-western television series which ran on ABC from September 6 to December 27, 1967, with Wayne Maunder in the starring role of then Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer. During the American Civil War, Custer had risen to the rank of major general, the youngest in the Union Army. He was demoted after the war during force reductions to the rank of Captain, but was reinstated in 1866 as a Lieutenant Colonel in command of the Seventh Cavalry, stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas. Many of the soldiers in the regiment were derelicts, former Confederates, or even criminals. The series was cancelled before the script timeline would have reached the Little Big Horn River of southeastern Montana, where all perished on June 25, 1876, in a Sioux Indian ambush, Robert F. Simon played Custer's commanding officer, U.S. General Alfred H. Terry, who disapproved of Custer's long hair and much of his methodology of fighting Indians. Slim Pickens starred as a scout named California Joe Milner. Michael Dante appeared as Sioux Chief Crazy Horse. Peter Palmer played Sergeant James Bustard, a former Confederate soldier. Grant Woods appeared as Captain Myles Keogh. Read Morgan, formerly a cavalry officer on NBC's The Deputy, appeared in the episode "Spirit Woman" in the role of a medicine man.
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- E1 Sabers in the SunNext upSep 6, 1967 · 60 min
Synopsis
An expedition into the Black Hills becomes deadly when a lieutenant who hates Colonel Custer disobeys orders, forcing the 7th to return to conduct a rescue. The young man's father, responsible for many flaming newspaper articles on the Colonel, follows, placing everyone in greater danger as they seek to avoid further hosilities with the Indians.
Guest stars: Rodolfo Acosta (Santana), Mary Ann Mobley (Ann Landry)
- E2 Episode 2Oct 6, 1967 · 60 min
- E3 AccusedSep 13, 1967 · 60 min
Synopsis
Custer and the 7th must help delivery cattle with a man that hold all cavalrymen in comtempt.
Guest stars: Chris Robinson (Lt. Tim Rudford), Jack Hogan (Sergeant Mason), James Daly (John Rudford)
- E4 Glory RiderSep 20, 1967 · 60 min
Synopsis
Custer is assigned to track down a Native American prisoner who escaped from Army custody.
Guest stars: Ralph Meeker
- E5 To the DeathSep 27, 1967 · 60 min
Synopsis
Custer and his troops are assigned to take a secret shipment through hostile Native American territory.
Guest stars: Pamelyn Ferdin, George Sawaya, Larry Pennell
- E6 MassacreOct 4, 1967 · 60 min
Synopsis
When Custer and Crazy Horse are both captured by Blackfeet who are hostile to both whites and the Sioux, the two enemies must work together in order to escape and stay alive.
Guest stars: Arthur Franz, Philip Carey
- E7 War Lance and SaberOct 11, 1967 · 60 min
Synopsis
Lt. Moreno is a Kiowa in the cavalry who his men suspect him of being a spy. The men of command presume that Moreno is trying to thwart the efforts of making the Arapaho an Allie to the cavalry.
Guest stars: R.G. Armstrong, James Craig
- E8 SuspicionOct 18, 1967 · 60 min
Synopsis
After a period of leave, Custer takes a stagecoach back to Fort Hays that is menaced by both outlaws and hostile Native Americans.
Guest stars: Pierre Jalbert, Robert Loggia, Paul Petersen
- E9 BreakoutNov 1, 1967 · 60 min
Synopsis
Custer tries to halt the spread of smallpox amongst the Pawnee tribe.
Guest stars: Kathleen Nolan, Gene Evans, Burr DeBenning
- E10 Desperate MissionNov 8, 1967 · 60 min
Synopsis
A renegade scout who hates Custer cuts a deal with Sioux chief Crazy Horse. In return for gold, he'll lead Custer into an ambush.
Guest stars: Charles Dierkop, Lloyd Bochner, Darren McGavin
- E11 Under FireNov 15, 1967 · 60 min
Synopsis
A detachment of the 7th Cavalry ends up killing a peaceful Cheyenne hunting party. This event puts a Cheyenne chief and a female reporter after Custer's scalp.
Guest stars: William Windom, James McCallion
- E12 Death HuntNov 22, 1967 · 60 min
Synopsis
Custer escorts a survey party through a settlement of former Confederates who aren't very happy to see a former Union foe in their midst.
Guest stars: William Smith
- E13 Blazing ArrowsNov 29, 1967 · 60 min
Synopsis
Custer and two other officers match wits with a dangerous Native American warrior at a remote relay station.
Guest stars: Rodd Redwing, Rory Calhoun
- E14 Dangerous PreyDec 6, 1967 · 60 min
Synopsis
Custer tries to protect a Sioux mystic woman from both white and Native American enemies.
Guest stars: Donnelly Rhodes, Albert Salmi
- E15 Spirit WomanDec 13, 1967 · 60 min
Synopsis
Custer is given the task of stopping a band of Irish fanatics who are plotting to invade Canada.
Guest stars: James Whitmore, Agnes Moorehead
- E16 The GauntletDec 20, 1967 · 60 min
Synopsis
Custer enlists the aid of some Kiowas to help him discover the parties responsible for a series of wagon train raids.
Guest stars: Dennis Patrick, Edward Mulhare, Barbara Rush
- E17 PursuedDec 28, 1967 · 60 min
Synopsis
Custer goes in pursuit of a scout who escaped from Army custody after being convicted of theft and killed a trooper while making his bid for freedom.
Guest stars: Yvonne De Carlo, Dub Taylor, Henry Beckman, Earl Holliman, Hank Patterson
Wayne Maunder
Peter Palmer
Michael Dante
Slim Pickens
Robert F. Simon
