Seven Alone (1974)

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.

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Family
Adventure
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Top billed cast

Dewey MartinHenry Sager
Aldo RayDr. Dutch
Anne CollingsNaome Sager
Dean SmithKit Carson
James GriffithBilly Shaw
Stewart PetersenJohn Sager
Dehl BertiWhite Elk
Bea MorrisSally Shaw
Scott PetersenFrancis Sager
Debbie van OrdenCatherine Sager

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