A Town Has Turned to Dust
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Rob Nilsson
Dave Jensen
Stephen Lang
Kee Y Johnson
Zahn Mcclarnon
Mike Halona
Film Details
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Synopsis
Telefilm based on writer/director Rod Serling's "Playhouse 90" script, "This Town Has Turned to Dust," a morality play about bigotry and mob psychology. Set hundreds of years in the future when the rest of the Earth's inhabitants have relocated to the asteroid New Angeles, a group of miners, called Dwellers, and Native Americans, called Drivers, live in the Utah desert in the midst of a nine-month drought. When local businessman Jerry Paul learns of his wife's close friendship with a young Driver named Tommy, Jerry falsely claims that Tommy raped his wife. A mob of vigilante Dwellers murders Tommy as the local sheriff, Harvey Denton, chooses to look the other way. In a crisis of conscience, the sheriff must decide whether or not to confront Jerry, his old friend, to restore justice. Meanwhile, a traveling space journalist from New Angeles, Hannify, witnesses the events and decides to cover the story. In a classic shoot-out scene, Denton faces his old friend Jerry.
Director
Rob Nilsson
Cast
Dave Jensen
Stephen Lang
Kee Y Johnson
Zahn Mcclarnon
Mike Halona
Nathan Hendry
Scott Wilkinson
Rosina M Dee
Neblis Francois
Gabriel Olds
Babara Jane Reams
Dan Merket
J Scott Bronson
Jim Christian
Frankie Avina
Dondre Sampson
Maxx Payne
Ron Perlman
Judy Collins
Crew
Tim Alexander
Michael Angelo
Marc Arcolio
Bill Barber
Christopher Barrick
Eyde Belasco
Eric Blum
Les Boothe
Jennifer Brown
Dennis Burrell
Brankford Butler
Douglas Cameron
James Capria
James Capria
Rob Chatlin
Rob Chatlin
Brandon Christen
Michael Christensen
Sean Cooper
Sean Cooper
Don Crawford
Jean-paul Cummings
Jean-paul Cummings
Ernie Doose
Michelle Dreier
Scott Elzinga
Sean England
Robert R Fiske
Victoria Ford
Victoria Ford
Mickey Freeman
Effney Gardea
Steven Gladstone
Karen Graff
Alan Green
Danny Hansen
George Hansen
Bruce Haslam
June Hatch
John Heath
Joe Herman
Joe Herman
Dean Hoff
Megan Howard
Timothy Issacs
William H Jeffs
Brad Jessey
Carol Johnson
John Johnson
John Johnson
Shirley Johnson
Jason Scott Jones
Jason Scott Jones
Mike Kiely
Emily Klindt
Emily Klindt
Julie Kreger
Bern Kubiak
Daniel Kuchar
Maria E Leather
Maria E Leather
Marisa Lee
Lynn Lewis
Lynn Lewis
Kristin Ludwin
Debra L. Manwiller
Sean Martin
Dorine Maze
Jared Mcpherson
Terry Mitchell
Greg T Moon
Al Nelson
Al Nelson
Jacqueline Newell
Nelle Nugent
Nelle Nugent
James M O'halloran
Justin Ogden
Richard Pagano
Kim Paulsen
Josh Peterson
Josh Peterson
Josh Peterson
R Hahn Pfister
Ted Phillips
Dale Pooler
Joe Prinez Jr.
Robbie Proctor
Tom Proctor
John Reed
Morgan Reese
Morgan Reese
Timothy Reynolds
Gary A. Rizzo
Giuseppe Romano
Giuseppe Romano
Ellen Rosentreter
Rod Serling
Jack Sherman
Jim Sherman
Wayne Sherman
Mike Staheli
Rob Stephen
Rob Stephen
Howard Stevef
Jeremy Stocks
Chad Strohmayer
Chad Strohmayer
Alan Taglianetti
Kenneth Teaton
Arrah Thomsen
Miso Tunks
Andy Turek
Anthony Vangler
Ivan Vikhskiy
Jay Weissman
Dale Wilson
John Wilson
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States June 27, 1998
Screenplay was originally telecast as a live CBS "Playhouse 90" episode in 1958.
Began shooting September 29, 1997.
