The Cherokee Kid

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The Cherokee Kid is the name of a 1996 made-for-TV movie starring Sinbad, James Coburn, Burt Reynolds, Gregory Hines, A Martinez, Ernie Hudson, Dawnn Lewis, and Vanessa Bell Calloway.

When greedy land-grabber, Bloomington (Coburn), destroys his family, Isaiah (Sinbad), knows nothing about the world, but vows to someday get revenge. He learns about good and evil by being forced to rob a bank and then capturing the gang. He learns how to live off the land from Otter Bob (Reynolds), the "Best Mountain Man in Texas". He learns about friendship and loyalty after saving the life of Cortina (Martinez), the "Hero of the Mexican People". He learns how to shoot from Nat Love (Hudson). He learns about love from Stagecoach Mary (Lewis). It finally comes down to a showdown with the notorious Undertaker (Hines), who's working for Bloomington. But, there's something about The Undertaker that makes this worse since there's a rumor the he killed Isaiah's brother, Jedediah.

10 year old Isaiah saw the rest of his family killed by Bloomington. Years later, klutzy Isaiah sees Bloomington again and decides to get even. With the aid of an old drunk former gunfighter, Otter Bob, he trains and trains till he is good enough to take on Bloomington. But Bloomington who has heard of Isaiah's plan, (who now calls himself 'The Cherokee Kid') hires a gunfighter named The Undertaker to stop The Kid.