American Experience The Donner Party (Season 5, Episode 3)
TV Episode | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History

American Experience

The Donner Party (Season 5, Episode 3)

TV Episode | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Documentary exploring the struggles of The Donner Party, a group of American pioneers and their two Indigenous guides who became stranded in the Sierras during a horrible winter.

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11 cast members

Name	Known for
David McCullough Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Seabiscuit (2003)
J.D. Cannon Actor (voice) Actor (voice) See fewer	Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Timothy Hutton Actor (voice) Actor (voice) See fewer	Ordinary People (1980)
Gene Jones Actor (voice) Actor (voice) See fewer	The Hateful Eight (2015)
Amy Madigan Actress (voice) Actress (voice) See fewer	Field of Dreams (1989)
Donal McCann Actor (voice) Actor (voice) See fewer	Stealing Beauty (1996)
George Plimpton Actor (voice) Actor (voice) See fewer	Good Will Hunting (1997)
Paul Roebling Actor (voice) Actor (voice) See fewer	Blue Thunder (1983)
Lois Smith Actress (voice) Actress (voice) See fewer	Minority Report (2002)
Frances Sternhagen Actress (voice) Actress (voice) See fewer	Outland (1981)
Eli Wallach George McKinstry (voice) George McKinstry (voice) See fewer	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)