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Children of the Dust
First aired on Feb 26, 1995
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Genres: Western, Drama

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.

Featured Cast: click image to view more
Sidney Poitier | Gypsy Smith
Michael Moriarty | John Maxwell
Farrah Fawcett | Nora Maxwell
Katharine Isabelle | Young Rachel
Joanna Going | Rachel
Billy Wirth | Corby/White Wolf
Featured Crew
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David Greene | Director
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Clancy Carlile | Novel
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Joyce Eliason | Teleplay
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Harold Lee Tichenor | Producer
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Joyce Eliason | Executive Producer
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Frank Konigsberg | Executive Producer