Seven Alone (1974)

6.2/10 97 min Drama Family Adventure Western

Overview

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.

Cast

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 Elk

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