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  • Donner Pass: The Road to Survival (1978)
  • Unrated
    TV Movie | 100 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Donner Pass: The Road to Survival (1978)
Unrated
TV Movie | 100 min | Adventure, Drama, History

A grim incident from American pioneer history is recreated as a determined group of settlers, facing almost insurmountable odds, struggles to reach California in 1846. Already divided by internal dissension over the choice of a leader and ...See moreA grim incident from American pioneer history is recreated as a determined group of settlers, facing almost insurmountable odds, struggles to reach California in 1846. Already divided by internal dissension over the choice of a leader and the selection of a route, the wagon train is soon decimated by Indian raids, a scarcity of food and water, and the unrelenting forces of nature. Finally after months of hardship, the party reaches the High Sierras, only to be stranded in the middle of the pass by an early snowstorm. And as fear of an agonizing death from starvation forces the abandonment of conventional rules of human behavior, the pioneers face a new enemy - each other. Written by Anonymous See less
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Oct 24, 1978 (United States)

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27 cast members
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Robert Fuller
James Reed, and Narrator James Reed, and Narrator   See fewer
Andrew Prine
Lewis Keyser Lewis Keyser   See fewer
Michael Callan
William Eddy William Eddy   See fewer
Diane McBain
Margaret Reed Margaret Reed   See fewer
John Anderson
Patrick Breen Patrick Breen   See fewer
John Doucette
George Donner George Donner   See fewer
Cindy Eilbacher
Mary Graves (as Cynthia Eilbacher) Mary Graves (as Cynthia Eilbacher)   See fewer
Royal Dano
Sutter Sutter   See fewer
Gregory Walcott
Will McKutcheon Will McKutcheon   See fewer
Whit Bissell
Uncle Billy Graves Uncle Billy Graves   See fewer
Peggy Stewart
Mrs. Breen (as Peg Stewart) Mrs. Breen (as Peg Stewart)   See fewer
Reid Cruickshanks
John Synder John Synder   See fewer
Lance LeGault
Charles Stanton Charles Stanton   See fewer
Rudy Diaz
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Augustin Vallejo
Actor (as Agustin Vallejo) Actor (as Agustin Vallejo)   See fewer
Kristen Curry
Virginia Reed Virginia Reed   See fewer
Elaine Daniel
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Paul Grace
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Barta Heiner
Sarah Fosdick (as Barta Lee Heiner) Sarah Fosdick (as Barta Lee Heiner)   See fewer
Richard Jury
Actor (as Rick Jury) Actor (as Rick Jury)   See fewer
Anne Lockhart
Additional Voice (uncredited) Additional Voice (uncredited)   See fewer
Jorge Moreno
Actor (uncredited) Actor (uncredited)   See fewer
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