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Children of the Dust

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Plot

Gypsy Smith, is a gunfighter and a bounty hunter. When he leads the US army into a Cheyenne camp to capture a suspected Indian renegade, a long train of events begins that finally lead to that 'good day to die'. White Wolf, only a child, is one of the few survivors of the massacre of his tribe that day, and Gypsy brings him to live with the Maxwell family, where he grows up not fully Indian and not really white but a bit too close to Rachel, the Maxwell daughter. Gypsy now reappears, leading a group of Black settlers from the post-Civil War South to start a new life in a town of their own - Freedom in the Oklahoma Territory, its first black settlement. White Wolf (or Corby as a 'white' name') is now with his people, but all of these parts come back together in conflict, violence, loss, and Pyrric triumph.

Cast

Sidney Poitier as Gypsy Smith
Sidney Poitier

as Gypsy Smith

Michael Moriarty as John Maxwell
Michael Moriarty

as John Maxwell

Farrah Fawcett as Nora Maxwell
Farrah Fawcett

as Nora Maxwell

Katharine Isabelle as Young Rachel
Katharine Isabelle

as Young Rachel

Joanna Going as Rachel
Joanna Going

as Rachel

Billy Wirth as Corby/White Wolf
Billy Wirth

as Corby/White Wolf

Regina Taylor as Drusilla
Regina Taylor

as Drusilla

Robert Guillaume as Mossburger
Robert Guillaume

as Mossburger

Jim Caviezel as Dexter
Jim Caviezel

as Dexter

John Pyper-Ferguson as Sonny Boy
John Pyper-Ferguson

as Sonny Boy

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Network

Status

  • Ended

First Aired Date

  • February 26, 1995

Last Aired Date

  • February 28, 1995

Production Companies

  • Vidmark Entertainment

  • The Königsberg Company

Type

  • Miniseries

Number of Season

  • 1

Number of Episodes

  • 2

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Season 1

1995|2 Episodes

Children of the Dust is an American Western television miniseries, based on Clancy Carlile's novel of the same name. Featuring an ensemble cast led by Academy Award winning actor Sidney Poitier, Children of the Dust was originally broadcast by CBS on February 26 and 28, 1995.

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