Seven Alone

{{Short description|1974 film directed by Earl Bellamy}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Seven Alone | image = | alt = | caption = | director = Earl Bellamy | writer = | screenplay = | story = | based_on = {{Based on|''On to Oregon''|Honoré Willsie Morrow|Edward Shenton (Illustrations)}} | producer = | starring = | narrator = | cinematography = | editing = | music = | studio = Audio Services Company | distributor =  | released = {{Film date|1974}} | runtime = 89 minutes | country = USA | language = English | budget = | gross = $2.4 million<ref name="ref"/> }} '''''Seven Alone''''' is a 1974 film directed by Earl Bellamy. It was based on a true story detailed in the book ''On to Oregon''. It was shot in Wyoming.<ref name="los"/>

==Premise== In the 1840s the Sager family treks from Missouri to Oregon. After the deaths of both parents, their seven children continue the journey alone.

==Cast== *Dewey Martin as Henry Sager *Anne Collings as Naome Sager *Aldo Ray as Dr. Dutch *Dean Smith as Kit Carson *James Griffith as Billy Shaw *Stewart Petersen as John Sager *Dehl Berti as White Elk *Bea Morris as Sally Shaw *Scott Petersen as Francis Sager *Debbie van Orden as Catherine Sager *Diane Petersen as Matilda Sager *Suzanne Petersen as Louisa Sager *Julie Petersen as Elizabeth Sager *Christy Clark as Anna Sager *Pat Wilde as Marcus Whitman *Kliss Sparks as Narcissa Whitman *Craig Larsen as Indian *Roger Pancake as Adam Polk *Anne David (as Ann David) *Riley Morgan as Indian *Anne Seymour as Narrator (adult Catherine)

==Release== ===Box office=== The film made $2.4 million.<ref name="ref">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/americanfilmdist0000dona/page/295/mode/1up|title= American film distribution : the changing marketplace|last=Donahue|first= Suzanne Mary|year=1987 |publisher=UMI Research Press |page=295}} Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada</ref>

===Critical=== The ''Los Angeles Times'' stated that the film was "no artistic triumph".<ref name="los">{{cite news|newspaper=The Los Angeles Times|date=21 November 1975|page= 95|title='Seven Alone' on 2000 mile trek|first=Kevin|last=Miles}}</ref>

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20170813150507/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/89612/Seven-Alone/#overview Seven Alone] at TCMDB *[https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0073686/ Seven Alone] at IMDb

Category:1974 films Category:Films directed by Earl Bellamy Category:Films shot in Wyoming Category:Films based on actual events Category:Films about siblings Category:Oregon Trail