Donner Pass: The Road to Survival 45 years old

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.

Credits

Diane McBain as

Andrew Prine as

John Anderson as

Robert Fuller as

Michael Callan as

Cindy Eilbacher as Mary Graves

Donner Pass: The Road to Survival Cast

Name	Character
Diane McBain She was 37, now 82 years old
Andrew Prine He was 42, now 88 years old
John Anderson He was 145, 158 years old when he died
Robert Fuller He was 27, now 72 years old
Michael Callan He was 42, now 88 years old
Cindy Eilbacher She was 20, now 65 years old	as Mary Graves

Donner Pass: The Road to Survival Crew

Name	Department
Henning Schellerup as Cinematography. He was 50 (72) years old when He died	Crew
Trevor Jolly as Editor.	Editing
James L. Conway as Director. He was 27 (now 73) years old	Directing

Donner Pass: The Road to Survival (45 years)

Release day: Tuesday, October 24, 1978
Runtime: 100 minutes