Top billed cast

1. 

   Gary Cole

   George Armstrong Custer

2. 

   Rosanna Arquette

   Libby Custer

3. 

   Stanley Anderson

   Ulysses S. Grant

4. 

   Edward Blatchford

   Lt. Cooke

5. 

   George Dickerson

   Gen. Sherman

6. 

   Rodney A. Grant

   Crazy Horse

7. 

   Tom O'Brien

   Charlie Reynolds

8. 

   Terry O'Quinn

   Gen. Alfred Terry

9. 

   Nick Ramus

   Red Cloud

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Current Season

Season 1

1991 | 2 Episodes

Reviews

A review by Wuchak

Written by Wuchak on 2018-04-07

Realistic account of events leading up to Little Bighorn

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. The story is narrated from the different perspectives of two women: Custer’s wife (Rosanna Arquette) and a Cheyenne woman, Kate Bighead (Buffy Sainte-Marie/ Kimberly Guerrero).

This was originally shown in two parts on TV 2.5 months after the theatrical release of 1990’s “Dances with Wolves.” Kevin Costner, the ...read the rest

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Status
Ended

Original Language
English

Original Name
Son of the Morning Star

Keywords

• flashback
• native american
• miniseries
• sioux wars
• american civil war
• gold miner
• historical drama
• american indian wars (1609-1890)
• battle of the little bighorn