A Town Has Turned to Dust
A Town Has Turned to Dust is a 1998 update of a 1958 made-for-TV film written by Rod Serling. A Town Has Turned to Dust was originally shown on the Syfy Channel.
Plot
The setting is in 2215, several years after an apocalypse and Earth is divided into two camps. One camp is 'the Drivers', who scavenge the Earth for scrap metal to sell to the other camp, 'the Dwellers', who are descendents of American Indians. Jerry Paul is a successful, racist dweller-merchant whose wife is overly attentive to their driver-servant Tommy. Jerry has Tommy arrested on false charges of rape and theft. The town's Sheriff Denton is unable to stop a vigilante mob led by Jerry from lynching Tommy but the incident is recorded by a TV reporter named Hannify who is visiting Earth from New Angeles. The rest of the story revolves around how the report is used, revelations of a past crime, and a 'show down' in the style of High Noon.
Cast
- Stephen Lang (Sheriff Harvey Denton)
- Ron Perlman (Jerry Paul)
- Gabriel Olds (Hannify)
- Barbara Jane Reams (Maya Paul)
- Frankie Avina (Tooth)
- Zaha McLarnon (Tommy Tall Bear)
- Judy Collins (Ree)
- M. Scott Wilkinson (Wavy Flagg)
Credits
- Director: Rob Nilsson
- Producer: Nelle Nugent
- Screenplay: Rod Serling (Futuristic remake of his 1958 Playhouse 90 teleplay Western with Jerry played by William Shatner)
- Photography: Mickey Freeman
- Music: Tim Alexander
- Visual Effects: Pride's Crossing Productions
- Special Effects Supervisor: Marc Arcolio
- Production Design: Jim Sherman
- Production Company: Golden Fox Pictures