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Release Year1978
Runtime1h 40m
LanguageEnglish
CertificationNR
GenresTV Movie, Adventure, Drama
Votes1
DirectorJames L. Conway
WritersS.S. Schweitzer
TypeFeature Film
Rating9.0 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsDonner Pass: The Road to Survival
About Donner Pass: The Road to Survival
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 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.
Directed by James L. Conway, Donner Pass: The Road to Survival leans on a strong ensemble — Robert Fuller, Andrew Prine, Michael Callan — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about tv movie titles of 1978.
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