Son of the Morning Star (1991)

Genre

drama, war & politics

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 2 episodes

Rated

NR

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This miniseries tells the story of General George Armstrong Custer and his wife Elizabeth. It covers Custer's military career and his final battle at Little Bighorn from multiple perspectives including Native American viewpoints.

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What happens

Son of the Morning Star is a 1991 American two-part Western television miniseries released by Chrysalis based on Evan S. Connell's best-selling 1984 book of the same name. 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). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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