Son of the Morning Star (Gary Cole) | 1991 ABC Mini Series Full Movie with Original Commercials

2 part mini-series starring Gary Cole as General Custer, he's in so many things I didn't even know about but he'll always be Lumbergh to me lol. Sprawling Western dealing with George Armstrong Custer, the bloody Plains Indian Wars, and the Battle of the Little Big Horn. This adaptation of Evan S. Connell's 1984 bestseller--the title refers to the name bestowed on the flamboyant Custer by his Indian scouts--by Melissa Mathison (who wrote "E.T.-- the Extraterrestrial" screenplay) earned five Emmy nominations in technical areas. This is the premiere of both parts of the mini series from ABC with original commercials on February 3rd and 4th of 1991. Cast -- Gary Cole (George Armstrong Custer), Rosanna Arquette (Elizabeth [Libbie] Custer), Stanley Anderson (Pres. Ulysses S. Grant), Ed Blatchford (Lt. W.W. Cooke), George Dickerson (William Tecumseh Sherman), Rodney A. Grant (Crazy Horse), Michael Medeiros (Maj. Marcus Reno), Tom O'Brien (Sam Rivers), Terry O'Quinn (Gen. Alfred Terry), Nick Ramus (Red Cloud), Tim Ransom (Tom Custer), Robert Schenkkan (Capt. Thomas Weir), David Strathairn (Capt. Frederick Benteen), Buffy Sainte-Marie (Voice of Kate Bighead), Dean Stockwell (Gen. Phil Sheridan), Bryce Chamberlain (Parsons [part 1]), Peter Leitner (Dr. Coates [part 1]), George Sullivan (General Hancock [part ]), Demina Becker (Young Kate Bighhead), George American Horse (Stone Forehead), Rion Hunter (Sioux interpreter [part 1]), Sheldon Peters Wolfchild (Bloody Knife), Mike Casey (Lieutenant Varnum), Sav Farrow (Private Martini [part 2]), Wendy Feder (Maggie Calhoun [part 2]), Patrick Johnston (Boston Custer [part 2]), Eric Lawson (Fred Gerard [part 3]), Jay Bernard (Congressman), Kimberly Norris (Kate Bighead), Russ Walks (Autie Reed [part 2]), Floyd Red Crow Westerman (Sitting Bull [2]).