Custer's Last Fight

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{{Infobox film

| name = Custer's Last Fight

| image = Custer's Last Fight - movie poster.jpg

| caption = 1925 re-release poster

| director = Francis Ford

| producer = Thomas H. Ince

| writer = Richard V. Spencer

| starring = Francis Ford
Grace Cunard

| cinematography = Ray Smallwood

| distributor = Mutual Film

| released = {{Film date|1912|10|04|United States}}

| runtime = 2 reels (approximately 30 minutes)

| country = United States

| language = Silent
English intertitles

}}

Custer's Last Fight (also known as Custer's Last Raid) is a 1912 American silent short Western film. It is the first film about George Armstrong Custer and his final stand at the Battle of the Little Bighorn."Last Stand at Little Big Horn". American Experience. PBS. Francis Ford, the older brother of director John Ford, directed the two-reel short and also starred in the title role. It was shot principally in "Inceville" at Santa Ynez Canyon in Pacific Palisades, California.

The film was re-released in 1925 and 1933.

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