| Catherine Deneuve | ... | Marie-Hélène de Boismonfrais | |
| Marcello Mastroianni | ... | George A. Custer | |
| Michel Piccoli | ... | Buffalo Bill | |
| Philippe Noiret | ... | Gen. Terry | |
| Ugo Tognazzi | ... | Mitch | |
| Alain Cuny | ... | Sitting Bull | |
| Serge Reggiani | ... | The Mad Indian | |
| Darry Cowl | ... | Major Archibald | |
| Monique Chaumette | ... | Sister Lucie | |
| Daniele Dublino | ... | Daughter | |
| Henri Piccoli | ... | Sitting Bull's Father | |
| Franca Bettoia | ... | Rayon de Lune (as Franca Bettoja) | |
| Paolo Villaggio | ... | The CIA agent | |
| Franco Fabrizi | ... | Tom (as Franco Fabrizzi) | |
| Laurente Vedres | (as Vedres et Boutang) | ||
| Pierre-André Boutang | (as Vedres et Boutang) | ||
| Francine Custer | ... | Major Terry's Wife | |
| Solange Koch | |||
| Maritin | |||
| Jeff Zimmermann | (as Jeff Zimmerman) | ||
| L'Automate Mr. John | |||
| Noël Simsolo | |||
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Gianmarco Tognazzi | ... | Figlio di Mitch e Raggio di Luna | |
| Marco Ferreri | ... | The reporter (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Marco Ferreri | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Rafael Azcona | writer | |
| Marco Ferreri | writer | |
Produced by | |||
| Jean-Pierre Rassam | .... | producer | |
| François Rochas | .... | associate producer | |
| Alain Sarde | .... | associate producer | |
| Jean Yanne | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Philippe Sarde | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Étienne Becker | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Ruggero Mastroianni | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Lina Nerli Taviani | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Alain Folgoas | .... | makeup artist | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Gino De Rossi | .... | special effects | |
| Augusto Salvati | .... | special effects | |
| André-Paul Trielly | .... | special effects | |
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Leave it to Marco Ferreri to decide to make this film in the pit that was created out of what had been Les Halles food market in the center of Paris. This was the site where the Pompidou Center was erected and now stands proudly, as though it was always had been there for all these years.
The director deals with a page of shame of American history as George Custer prepared, and later battled, the Indians in the battle of Little Big Horn that was his last stand as a military man. Where Marco Ferreri succeeds is in mixing the plot of the film with every day life of Paris in which most people didn't even bat an eye watching the invading Americans.
Mr. Ferreri was lucky in getting some familiar faces to play in his film. Thus, Marcello Mastroianni is seen as General Custer. Catherine Deneuve played the object of the general's affections. Ugo Tognazzi is great as Mitch. Michel Piccoli is bigger than life in his take of Buffalo Bill. Philippe Noiret, another excellent actor, plays Gen. Terry, and Serge Reggiani is seen as the mad Indian who runs in and out of most scenes wearing a loin cloth to cover a little bit of his nakedness.
The idea of staging this film in a construction site works well with the action in the movie thanks to a revolutionary idea by Marco Ferreri.