| Donner Pass: The Road to Survival | |
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| Genre | |
| Written by | S. S. Schweitzer |
| Directed by | James L. Conway |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Bob Summers |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Charles E. Sellier Jr. |
| Producer | James Simmons |
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| Cinematography | Henning Schellerup |
| Editor | Trevor Jolly |
| Running time | 100 minutes |
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| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
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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.
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.
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]
Film critic Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times called it "gruelling to watch".[2]
