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A Town Has Turned to Dust
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Wikipedia article
'A Town Has Turned to Dust' is a 1998 update of 'A Town Has Turned to Dust' (1958), written by Rod Serling. It was originally shown on the Syfy Channel.
Plot
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 showdown 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)
*Zahn McClarnon (Tommy Tall Bear)
*Judy Collins (Ree)
*M. Scott Wilkinson (Wavy Flagg)
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