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 Narrated by (voice) Narrated by (voice) See fewer	Seabiscuit (2003)
J.D. Cannon Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Timothy Hutton Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	Ordinary People (1980)
Gene Jones Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	The Hateful Eight (2015)
Amy Madigan Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	Weapons (2025)
Donal McCann Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	Stealing Beauty (1996)
George Plimpton Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	Good Will Hunting (1997)
Paul Roebling Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	Blue Thunder (1983)
Lois Smith Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	Minority Report (2002)
Frances Sternhagen Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	Outland (1981)
Eli Wallach George McKinstry (voice) George McKinstry (voice) See fewer	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)