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Also known as
  
''A Good Day to Die''

Composer(s)
  
Initial release
  
26 February 1995

Screenplay
  
Story by
  
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Directed by
  
Country of origin
  
United States

Director
  
David Greene

Music director
  
Mark Snow

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Written by
  
Clancy Carlile (novel)Joyce Eliason (teleplay)

Starring
  
Sidney PoitierMichael MoriartyJoanna GoingHart BochnerRegina TaylorBilly WirthRobert GuillaumeFarrah Fawcett

Cast
  
Similar
  
Sidney Poitier movies, Westerns

Children of the dust


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

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Plot summary

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In the Oklahoma Territory of the late 1880s, Gypsy Smith (Poitier) is a bounty hunter of African American and Cherokee descent. Smith helps African American homesteaders to settle the territory under the specter of Jim Crow. Meanwhile, a young Native American raised by Whites (Wirth) must choose between the woman that he loves (Going) or his Cheyenne heritage.

Cast

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  • Sidney Poitier - Gypsy Smith
  • Michael Moriarty - John Maxwell
  • Joanna Going - Rachel Maxwell
  • Hart Bochner - Shelby Hornbeck
  • Regina Taylor - Drusilla
  • Billy Wirth - Corby White / White Wolf
  • Shirley Knight - Aunt Bertha
  • Grace Zabriskie - Rose
  • James Caviezel - Dexter
  • Robert Guillaume - Jolson Mossburger
  • Farrah Fawcett - Nora Maxwell
  • John Pyper-Ferguson - Sonny Boy
  • Katharine Isabelle - Young Rachel (as Katherine Isobel)
  • Byron Chief-Moon - Chief Walks-The-Clouds
  • Jesse Lipscombe - Clarence
  • DVD

    Children of the Dust (miniseries) CHILDREN OF THE DUST UNCUT 2 vhs BILLY WIRTH james caviezel

    On September 20, 1999, the miniseries was released on DVD, under the title A Good Day to Die. However, it was pared down to 120 minutes, and significant portions of the production were omitted.

    Children of the Dust (miniseries) CHILDREN OF THE DUST UNCUT 2 vhs BILLY WIRTH james caviezel

    References

    Children of the Dust (miniseries) Wikipedia