The West

The Speck Of The Future (1848-1856)

Season 1    Episode 3
September 17, 1996    80m    TV-PG
The Gold Rush brings the whole world to the West, as 49ers from Asia, South America and the eastern states scramble for “a share of the rocks,” littering the hills with mining towns and creating the West’s first metropolis. But in the push to strike it rich, many are violently pushed aside.

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Cast of The Speck Of The Future (1848-1856)
  • Peter CoyoteSelf - Narrator
  • N. Scott MomadaySelf - Writer
  • Murphy GuyerSelf
  • John TrudellSelf
  • Eli WallachSelf
  • Arthur MillerSelf
  • John LithgowSelf
  • Gary SiniseT. P. Eagan
  • Jimmy SmitsSelf
  • Keith CarradineSelf
  • Adam ArkinSelf
  • Matthew BroderickSelf - William Swain
  • Ossie DavisSelf
  • Jason RobardsSelf - Brigham Young

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