Talk:Custer of the West

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[edit] "Train massacre"

In the movie, a sergeant who has survived an attack barely escapes from the Indians by swimming a lake. He emerges and attempts to catch a train. The train, however, is ambushed by the Indians. It stops. The conductor uncouples the cars which rush back downhill. In the meantime, the Indians have set fire to a wooden trestle. When the cars roar over it, they fall into the abyss and the passengers are apparently killed. The narrator refers to the relief of Custer? Sheridan? as "Governor" as a result of the "massacre." This appears to be a fictional scene, however. Can anybody confirm or deny?

In another scene, Custer darkly listens to a Washington skit apparently mocking him. The concluding song is "Join the army with General Custer." Quite tuneful. Again fictional? Student7 (talk) 21:37, 21 April 2008 (UTC)