Based on the novel Winterkill, by William Judson, Cold River is the story of an Adirondack guide who takes his young daughter and step-son on a long camping trip in the fall of 1932. When winter strikes unexpectedly early (a natural phenomenon known as a 'winterkill' - so named because the animals are totally unprepared for a sudden, early winter, and many freeze or starve to death), a disastrous turn of events leaves the two children to find their own way home without food, or protection from the elements.
Richard Jaeckel
as Mike Allison
Brad Sullivan
as Reuban Knat
Suzanne Weber
as Lizzy Allison
Pat Petersen
as Tim Hood
Robert Earl Jones
as The Trapper
Elizabeth Hubbard
as Pauline Hood Allison
Augusta Dabney
as Elizabeth Allison
Adam Petroski
as Seth Bishop
Wade Barnes
as Pompous Senator
David Thomas
as Senate Chairman
