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Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed (1961)
Directed by Tom Donovan
Overview
In 1879, the American Indian lived under severe handicaps: having no legal status as a human being and with the requirement to stay on reservations. Defying the law, Ponca Chief Standing Bear leads his people off their disease-ridden reservation. Though they’re captured, the Poncas are given three days to find a lawyer and find a legal way to become their own people once again.
Length 45 minutes
Actors
Juano Hernández | Ralph Bellamy | Albert Dekker | William Hickey | Dina Merrill | Earl Holliman | Tim O'Connor | Conrad Nagel