Donner Pass: The Road to Survival
1978, English. Directed by James L. Conway.
A grim incident from American pioneer history is recreated as a determined group of settlers, facing almost insurmountable odds, struggles to reach California in 1846. Already divided by internal dissension over the choice of a leader and the selection of a route, the wagon train is soon decimated by Indian raids, a scarcity of food and water, and the unrelenting forces of nature. Finally after months of hardship, the party reaches the High Sierras, only to be stranded in the middle of the pass by an early snowstorm. And as fear of an agonizing death from starvation forces the abandonment of conventional rules of human behavior, the pioneers face a new enemy - each other.
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- James L. ConwayDirector
- Robert FullerJames Reed
- Andrew PrineLewis Keyser
- Michael CallanWilliam Eddy
- Diane McBainMargaret Reed
- John AndersonPatrick Breen
- John DoucetteGeorge Donner
- Cindy EilbacherMary Graves
- Royal DanoSutter
- Gregory WalcottWill Mckutcheon
- Lance LeGaultCharles Stanton
- Whit BissellUncle Billy Graves
- Peggy StewartMrs. Breen
Details
- Released
- 24 October 1978
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- S.S. Schweitzer
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Donner Pass: The Road to Survival runs 100 minutes (1h 40m).
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Donner Pass: The Road to Survival isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 24 October 1978. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed Donner Pass: The Road to Survival?
Donner Pass: The Road to Survival (1978) was directed by James L. Conway and stars Robert Fuller, Andrew Prine, Michael Callan.