
The Donner Party
2009 · Movie · 91 min · ★ 4.7
Based on the harrowing true story, "The Donner Party," picks up after William Hastings steers a group, nicknamed "Forlorn Hope," off course by promising a shorter route to California through the Sierra Nevada mountains. After several early snowstorms, the group and its leaders (Crispin Glover and Clayne Crawford) find themselves lost, freezing and without any source of food.
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Details
- Years
- 2009
- Release date
- 2009-10-23
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 91 min
- TMDB rating
- 4.7/10 (21 votes)
Cast & crew

Crispin Glover
as William Foster

Clayne Crawford
as William Eddy

Michele Santopietro
as Amanda McCutchen

Mark Boone Junior
as Franklin Graves

Christian Kane
as Charles Stanton

Crispian Belfrage
as Patrick Dolan

Catherine Black
as Ann Fosdick

Jamie Anne Allman
as Eleanor Eddy

Jack Kyle
as Milt McCutchen
- CM
Cary Wayne Moore
as Jay Fosdick
Directed by Terrence Martin