About Children of the Dust
- Released on February 26, 1995
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.
Full Cast of Children of the Dust
Sidney Poitier plays Gypsy Smith (2 episodes)
Michael Moriarty plays John Maxwell (2 episodes)
Farrah Fawcett plays Nora Maxwell (2 episodes)
Katharine Isabelle plays Young Rachel (2 episodes)
Joanna Going plays Rachel (2 episodes)
Billy Wirth plays Corby/White Wolf (2 episodes)
Regina Taylor plays Drusilla (2 episodes)
Robert Guillaume plays Mossburger (2 episodes)
Jim Caviezel plays Dexter (2 episodes)
John Pyper-Ferguson plays Sonny Boy (2 episodes)
Grace Zabriskie plays Rose (2 episodes)
Byron Chief-Moon plays Chief Walks-The-Clouds (2 episodes)
Shirley Knight plays Aunt Bertha (2 episodes)
Basil Wallace plays Fulton (2 episodes)
Kevin McNulty plays Sheriff Harriman (2 episodes)
Mitchell LaPlante plays Young Corby (2 episodes)
Zachary Savard plays Young Dexter (2 episodes)
Jesse Lipscombe plays Clarence (2 episodes)
Lindsey Campbell plays Miranda (2 episodes)
Brent Stait plays Ballenger (2 episodes)
Charles Andre plays Nez (2 episodes)
Eric Keenleyside plays Boss Beeson (2 episodes)
Tom Schanley plays Cavalry Office (2 episodes)
Brian Jensen plays Lieutenant (2 episodes)
Dale Wilson plays Renfro (2 episodes)
Michael Elias plays Reporter (2 episodes)
Crystal Verge plays Mrs. Tibbens (2 episodes)
Donna Belleville plays Mrs. Clarksdale (2 episodes)
Michelle Thrush plays Rainbow Woman (2 episodes)
Edward C. K. Richardson III plays Charlie (2 episodes)
Joshua Myers plays Rachel's Child (2 episodes)
Hart Bochner plays Shelby Hornbeck (2 episodes)
Jack Ackroyd plays Farmer Tully (2 episodes)
Wilma Pelly plays Nita (2 episodes)
Crew of Children of the Dust
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- Sidney Poitier
- Michael Moriarty
- Farrah Fawcett
- Katharine Isabelle
- Joanna Going
- Billy Wirth
- Regina Taylor
- Robert Guillaume
- Jim Caviezel
- John Pyper-Ferguson
- Grace Zabriskie
- Byron Chief-Moon
- Shirley Knight
- Basil Wallace
- Kevin McNulty
- Mitchell LaPlante
- Zachary Savard
- Jesse Lipscombe
- Lindsey Campbell
- Brent Stait
- Charles Andre
- Eric Keenleyside
- Tom Schanley
- Brian Jensen
- Dale Wilson
- Michael Elias
- Crystal Verge
- Donna Belleville
- Michelle Thrush
- Edward C. K. Richardson III
- Joshua Myers
- Hart Bochner
- Jack Ackroyd
- Wilma Pelly