Movie
Meek's Cutoff
Overview
A group of settlers traveling through the Oregon High Desert in 1845 find themselves stranded in harsh conditions.
Details
- Release date
- 2011-04-08
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Genres
- Western, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- filmscience, Evenstar Films, Harmony, Primitive Nerd
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Michelle Williams as Emily Tetherow
- Bruce Greenwood as Stephen Meek
- Will Patton as Soloman Tetherow
- Zoe Kazan as Millie Gately
- Paul Dano as Thomas Gately
- Shirley Henderson as Glory White
- Neal Huff as William White
- Tommy Nelson as Jimmy White
- Rod Rondeaux as The Indian
Crew
- Kelly Reichardt - Director
- Jonathan Raymond - Writer
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