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.

Plot

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.

Cast

• Robert Fuller as James Reed
• Andrew Prine as Keyser
• Michael Callan as William Eddy
• Diane McBain as Margaret Reed
• John Anderson as Patrick Breen
• John Doucette as George Donner
• Cynthia Eilbacher as Mary Graves
• Royal Dano as John Sutter
• Gregory Walcott as Will Mckutcheon
• Lance Le Gault as Charles Stanton
• Whit Bissell as Uncle Billy Graves
• Peg Stewart as Mrs. Breen

Release

Donner Pass: The Road to Survival was shown on prime time television on NBC on October 24, 1978. The film was released on VHS on October 20, 1992, by Anchor Bay Entertainment. ^[1]

Reception

Film critic Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times called it "gruelling to watch". ^[2]

References

External links

• Donner Pass: The Road to Survival at IMDb
• Donner Pass: The Road to Survival at the TCM Movie Database
• Donner Pass: The Road to Survival at the British Film Institute^{[ better source needed]}

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