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.
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
Cary Wayne Moore
as Jay Fosdick
Alison Haislip
as Mary Graves
Mara LaFontaine
as Sarah Foster