

13 votes
1974
1h 37m
A fictionalized account of the real-life adventure of the Sager family. Travelling with a wagon train from Missouri to Oregon, things are going well for the Sagers, until father Sager dies from blood poisoning following an Indian attack, and mother Sager dies soon afterward from pneumonia. The leaders of the wagon train decide to send the children back, but the oldest, John (who had been described by all the adults as lazy and worthless), decides to lead his siblings through the wilderness to complete the journey their parents started.
Directed by Earl Bellamy

Dewey Martin
Henry Sager
Aldo Ray
Dr. Dutch
Anne Collings
Naome Sager
Dean Smith
Kit Carson
James Griffith
Billy Shaw
Stewart Petersen
John Sager
Dehl Berti
White ElkBea Morris
Sally ShawScott Petersen
Francis SagerDebbie van Orden
Catherine SagerDiane Petersen
Matilda SagerSuzanne Petersen
Lousia SagerJulie Petersen
Elizabeth SagerChristie Clark
Anna SagerKliss Sparks
Mrs. WhitmanPat Wilde
Dr. WhitmanCraig Larson
IndianRoger Pancake
Adam PolkAnne David
(as Ann David)Riley Morgan
IndianStatus
Released
Release date
December 20, 1974
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Language
English

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