The Donner Party
2009, Film, 95 min, Drama, English, United States, MoviePedia score 58
Survival lies within
Based on the real events of The Donner Party tragedy. The Donner Party was a group of California-bound American settlers caught up in the western expansion of the 1840s. After becoming snowbound in the Sierra Nevada during the winter of 1846-1847, a number of the trapped settlers joined together in a final effort to reach California and organize a rescue party.
Directed by Terrence Martin
Cast
- Crispin Glover as William Foster
- Clayne Crawford as William Eddy
- Michele Santopietro as Amanda McCutcheon
- Christian Kane as Charles Stanton
- Mark Boone Junior as Franklin Graves
- Jamie Anne Allman as Eleanor Eddy
- Cary Wayne Moore as Jay Fosdick
- Mara LaFontaine as Sarah Foster
- Catherine Black as Ann Fosdick
- Alison Haislip as Mary Graves
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