Margaret Reed, a wealthy and proud woman of Chicago unwillingly finds herself a member of the Donner party - a group of pioneers making their way to California by covered wagon in the summer of 1846. One by one the odds begin to stack against Margaret and her family as precious days slip away and an early winter storm closes the passes through the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Trapped without adequate food and supplies, Margaret struggles to keep her family alive.
Genre: Adventure, Drama, TV Movie
Stars: Meredith Baxter, Chris Cooper, Larry Drake, Robert Duncan McNeill, Laurie O'Brien, Frances Conroy
Crew: Dick Lowry (Director), Anne Hopkins (Producer), John A. Kuri (Writer)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: Walt Disney Television
Runtime: 100 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Mar 06, 1994
IMDb: 4.8
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