This is a great movie. Great acting, great story, and a lot of fun. Errol Flynn is at his best, and he faces some really slimy bad guys. This kind of hero worshiping movie is usually badly done, which sets this movie head and shoulders above its type. Pay no attention to the chronic obsessives who notice that the muskets are not exactly correct to the period. This movie takes us through the Civil War and through the Indian Wars, and you feel like it's real enough. There are no plot holes. Everything hangs together nicely. The Black Hills gold backstory is a very interesting wrinkle that I had never heard before. It also holds up after further inquiry. This movie is a great counterpoint to another great movie: Little Big Man.
Review of They Died with Their Boots On
