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Donner Pass: The Road to Survival is a 1978 American historical drama television film about the Donner Party, directed by James L. Conway, written by S. S. Schweitzer, and produced by Schick Sunn Classic Pictures as a part of their Classics Illustrated series. It aired on NBC on October 24, 1978.

Donner Pass: The Road to Survival
Genre	Adventure Historical drama
Written by	S. S. Schweitzer
Directed by	James L. Conway
Starring	Robert Fuller Andrew Prine Michael Callan Diane McBain
Music by	Bob Summers
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Charles E. Sellier Jr.
Producer	James Simmons
Production locations	Colorado City, Arizona Fredonia, Arizona Kanab, Utah Mount Timpanogos, Utah Tom's Canyon, Utah
Cinematography	Henning Schellerup
Editor	Trevor Jolly
Running time	100 minutes
Production companies	Schick Sunn Classic Pictures NBC Entertainment
Release
Original network	NBC
Picture format	Color
Audio format	Mono
Original release	October 24, 1978 (1978-10-24)

Plot

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.

Cast

• Robert Fuller as James Reed
• Andrew Prine as Keyser
• Michael Callan as William Eddy
• Diane McBain as Margaret Reed
• KJohn Anderson as Patrick Breen
• John Doucette as George Donner
• Cynthia Eilbacher as Mary Graves
• Royal Dano as John Sutter
• Gregory Walcott as Will Mckutcheon
• Lance Le Gault as Charles Stanton
• Whit Bissell as Uncle Billy Graves
• Peg Stewart as Mrs. Breen

Release

Donner Pass: The Road to Survival was shown on prime time television on NBC on October 24, 1978. The film was released on VHS on October 20, 1992, by Anchor Bay Entertainment.[1]

Reception

Film critic Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times called it "gruelling to watch".[2]

References

External links

• Donner Pass: The Road to Survival at IMDb
• Donner Pass: The Road to Survival at the TCM Movie Database
• Donner Pass: The Road to Survival at the British Film Institute

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