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It starred Gary Cole (George Armstrong Custer) and featured Dean Stockwell (General Philip Sheridan), Rosanna Arquette (Elizabeth Custer), Rodney A. Grant (Crazy Horse), Nick Ramus (Red Cloud), Buffy Sainte-Marie (voice of Kate Bighead), and Floyd Red Crow Westerman (Sitting Bull).
Mar 24, 2021 · Cole and Son of the Morning Star both deserve their high reputations. One might quibble about some minor points, but original author Evan S Connell, adaptor Melissa Mathison (the highly respected screenwriter of 'ET' among other films), and the costume, props, and design departments obviously went to great lengths to get things right.
RELEASED TO TV IN EARLY 1991 and directed by Mike Robe, "Son of the Morning Star" chronicles the story of George Armstrong Custer (Gary Cole) after the Civil War and to his death at Little Bighorn on June 25, 1876.
Based on Evan S. Connell's book of the same name, Son of the Morning Star is a made-for-television film about General George Armstrong Custer (Gary Cole) and his fatal final battle at...
- Mike Robe
Son of the Morning Star: With Gary Cole, Rosanna Arquette, Stanley Anderson, Edward Blatchford. The story of George Custer, Crazy Horse and the events prior to the battle of the Little Bighorn, told from the different perspectives of two women.
- (1.1K)
- 1991-02-03
- Biography, History, Western
- 187
Jan 21, 2021 · Gary Cole plays George Custer in this two-part, made-for-TV movie about his career as a post-Civil War Indian fighter. He’s portrayed as a man who fears his fame and Civil War glory is slipping away, who’s frustrated by the fact that he’s no longer wearing a general’s star.
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A brilliant, and rarely excellent nonfiction account of the Battle of the Little Bighorn on June 25, 1876. The story of George Custer, Crazy...
- 182 min
- 2.6M
- LionHeart FilmWorks
