Children of the Dust 29 years old
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.
Credits
Grace Zabriskie
Rose
Sidney Poitier
Gypsy Smith
John Pyper-Ferguson
Sonny Boy
Jim Caviezel
Dexter
Robert Guillaume
Mossburger
Kevin McNulty
Sheriff Harriman
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Grace Zabriskie She was 53 , now 83 years old | as Rose |
| Sidney Poitier He was 68 , now 97 years old | as Gypsy Smith |
| John Pyper-Ferguson He was 30 , now 60 years old | as Sonny Boy |
| Jim Caviezel He was 26 , now 56 years old | as Dexter |
| Robert Guillaume He was 67 , 89 years old when he died | as Mossburger |
| Kevin McNulty He was 39 , now 68 years old | as Sheriff Harriman |
| Billy Wirth He was 32 , now 62 years old | as Corby/White Wolf |
| Katharine Isabelle She was 13 , now 43 years old | as Young Rachel |
| Farrah Fawcett She was 48 , 62 years old when she died | as Nora Maxwell |
| Regina Taylor She was 34 , now 64 years old | as Drusilla |
| Michelle Thrush She was 28 , now 57 years old | as Rainbow Woman |
| Hart Bochner He was 38 , now 68 years old | as Shelby Hornbeck |
| Michael Elias He was 54 , now 84 years old | as Reporter |
| Joanna Going She was 31 , now 61 years old | as Rachel |
| Byron Chief-Moon | as Chief Walks-The-Clouds |
| Dale Wilson He was 41 , now 71 years old | as Renfro |
| Shirley Knight She was 58 , now 88 years old | as Aunt Bertha |
| Michael Moriarty He was 53 , now 83 years old | as John Maxwell |
| Basil Wallace He was 4 , now 24 years old | as Fulton |
| Tom Schanley He was 33 , now 63 years old | as Cavalry Office |
| Brent Stait He was 35 , now 65 years old | as Ballenger |
| Lindsey Campbell | as Miranda |
| Charles André He was 154 , 87 years old when he died | as Nez |
| Jesse Lipscombe He was 10 , now 39 years old | as Clarence |
| Crystal Verge | as Mrs. Tibbens |
| Zachary Savard | as Young Dexter |
| Joshua Myers | as Rachel's Child |
| Eric Keenleyside He was 37 , now 67 years old | as Boss Beeson |
| Edward C. K. Richardson III | as Charlie |
| Mitchell LaPlante | as Young Corby |
| Brian Jensen He was 19 , now 49 years old | as Lieutenant |
Crew
| Name | Job title |
|---|---|
| Mark Snow Sound He was 48 , now 78 years old | Original Music Composer |
| Joyce Eliason Production She was 60 , now 90 years old | Executive Producer |
| Joyce Eliason Writing She was 60 , now 90 years old | Teleplay |
| Harold Lee Tichenor Production He was 49 , now 78 years old | Producer |
| Frank Konigsberg Production He was 61 , 83 years old when he died | Executive Producer |
| Tod Feuerman Editing | Editor |
| Trevor Williams Art | Production Design |
| David Greene Directing He was 74 , 82 years old when he died | Director |
| Ron Orieux Camera | Director of Photography |
| Susan Bluestein Production She was 48 , now 78 years old | Casting |
| Clancy Carlile Writing He was 65 , 68 years old when he died | Novel |
| Donna Ekholdt Production | Casting |
Children of the Dust (29 years)
Ended
- First Air Date: 1995-02-26
- Runtime: [240] minutes
- Number of Episodes: 2