One More Mountain (TV Movie 1994)

One More Mountain (TV Movie 1994). 1h 40m | Not Rated

“While this story has been repeated many times already, this one does offer something new. Meridith Baxter plays Margaret Reed, wife of James Reed, a primary financier of the Donner Expedition.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eA wealthy family, the Reeds set out with a huge number of wagons, most carrying their worldly goods, driven by hired help, while the extended family rides in relative comfort in a huge, oversized custom built Connestoga passenger wagon.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSoon their stuck-up, overbearing ways get them in trouble with their fellow passengers and gradually they find themselves in the same u0026quot;shoesu0026quot; as their fellow travellers. When James kills another member of the party (self defense?) he is banished from the party, and goes ahead to California, able to travel much faster than the wagons.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAnd of course, they are trapped on Donner Summit.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOne More Mountain is probably more historically accurate than many other variations on the story of the u0026quot;Donner Partyu0026quot; that have been made in past years. It was a made for TV movie, and suffers the usual TV pacing and production qualities.”