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This movie is just plain bad. The special effects are miserable, the writing is horrid, the cinematography isn't much better, and the acting is straight out of a soap opera. A great movie to watch over and over, but only to make fun of.
Donner Pass: The Road to Survival: Directed by James L. Conway. With Robert Fuller, Andrew Prine, Michael Callan, Diane McBain. 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.
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- James L. Conway
- Unrated
- Robert Fuller, Andrew Prine, Michael Callan
Donner Pass: The Road to Survival is a 1978 American historical drama television film about the Donner Party, directed by James L. Conway, written by S. S. Schweitzer, and produced by Schick Sunn Classic Pictures as a part of their Classics Illustrated series. It aired on NBC on October 24, 1978.
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Mar 5, 2022 · Review: A television movie based on the real-life experience of the Donner Party, an expedition in which nearly half of the 87 people who started the trip perished.
Overview. 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.
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.
Donner Pass: The Road to Survival. A pioneer (Robert Fuller) tells the tale of trapped settlers facing cannibalism one Sierra Nevada winter.
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