"The adventures of a family who head west to the California gold fields in the 1850s."
Glenn Close
as Arvella Whipple
Jena Malone
as California Morning "Lucy" Whipple
Bruce McGill
as Jonas Scatter
Meat Loaf
as Amos "Rattlesnake Jake" Frogge
Chloe Webb
as Sophie
Olivia Burnette
as Annie Flagg
Dennis Christopher
as Joshua 'Carrots' Beale
Judy Gold
as Buck McPhee
Michael Welch
as Butte Whipple
Andy Garrison
as Jimmy Whiskers
Wilford Brimley
as Deputy Sheriff Ambrose Scraggs
Robert Pastorelli
as Clyde Claymore
Dalin Christiansen
as Linus Flagg
Neblis Francois
as Bernard
Charles Grueber
as Papa
Elaine Kagan
as Mrs. Flagg
Celeste Leary
as Prairie
Scott Subiono
as Snoose
David H. Stevens
as Rusty Hawkins
Nathan Stevens
as Elisha Flagg
Jeremy Kagan
Director
Karen Cushman
Co-Producer
Craig Anderson
Executive Producer
Michael O. Gallant
Producer
Christopher Lofton
Marty Eli Schwartz
Supervising Producer
Neil Roach
Director of Photography
Bruce Broughton
Original Music Composer
Michael Economou
Editor
Jeff Johnson
Casting
Mary Jo Slater
Novel
Teleplay
Patrick Reddish
Gaffer
