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.

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Cast

Crispin Glover

William Foster

Clayne Crawford

William Eddy

Michele Santopietro

Amanda McCutchen

Mark Boone Junior

Franklin Graves

Christian Kane

Charles Stanton

Crispian Belfrage

Patrick Dolan

Catherine Black

Ann Fosdick

Jamie Anne Allman

Eleanor Eddy

Jack Kyle

Milt McCutchen

Alison Haislip

Mary Graves