Son of the Morning Star | |
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Based on | Son of the Morning Star by Evan S. Connell |
Written by | Melissa Mathison |
Directed by | Mike Robe |
Starring | Gary Cole |
Music by | Craig Safan |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producers | Preston Fischer Thom Mount Cyrus Yavneh |
Cinematography | Kees Van Oostrum |
Editor | Benjamin A. Weissman |
Running time | 187 minutes |
Production companies | Preston Stephen Fischer Company Republic Television The Mount Company |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | February 3, 1991 |
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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.[1] 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).