The Donner Party

Survival lies within

Duration: 95 min

Release date: 2009-10-23

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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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as William Foster

Clayne Crawford

Clayne Crawford

as William Eddy

Michele Santopietro

Michele Santopietro

as Amanda McCutchen

Mark Boone Junior

Mark Boone Junior

as Franklin Graves

as Charles Stanton

Crispian Belfrage

Crispian Belfrage

as Patrick Dolan

Catherine Black

Catherine Black

Jamie Anne Allman

Jamie Anne Allman

as Eleanor Eddy

as Milt McCutchen

Cary Wayne Moore

Cary Wayne Moore

Mara LaFontaine

Mara LaFontaine

as Sarah Foster

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Michele K. Short

Michele K. Short

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Original Music Composer

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First Assistant Director

Second Unit Director

Craig Stuart Garfinkle

Craig Stuart Garfinkle

Unit Production Manager

Maynard Mendoza

Maynard Mendoza

Executive Producer

Terrence Martin

Terrence Martin

Alysia Raycraft

Alysia Raycraft

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Director of Photography

Executive Producer

Richard Conkling

Richard Conkling

Production Design

Terrence Martin

Terrence Martin

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