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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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- James L. Conway
- S. S. Schweitzer
Oct 24, 1978 · 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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- Adventure, Drama, History
- James L. Conway
- 1978-10-24
Mar 5, 2022 · Mark Franklin March 5, 2022 1970s. Robert Fuller is James Reed, outcast turned rescuer in this story of the Donner party’s disastrous trip West to California. As the film opens, George Donner (John Doucette) is elected leader of the wagon train and opts for a shortcut through the mountains.
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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. 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 ...
Film Details. Notes. Brief Synopsis. A "Classics Illustrated" version of American history and the fight waged by a pioneer to save the lives of his family and others in a wagon train who find themselves trapped in deep mountain snows and facing starvation that leads them to (unspecified) cannibalism. Cast & Crew. Read More. James L Conway. Director
Oct 24, 1978 · Synopsis by Iotis Erlewine. This made-for-TV movie relates the true story of the infamous Donner Party, the group of unlucky pioneers who were stranded in the Rockies by a snowstorm and had to eat the bodies of the dead to survive.
1 hr 38 mins. Drama. NR. Watchlist. About pioneers, snowbound in the Sierra Nevada, who resort to cannibalism. Robert Fuller, Andrew Prine, Michael Callan. Margaret: Diane McBain. Patrick: John...
