![]() ![]() He is determined to reach Oregon and build the home his father always wanted (containing the stained glass windows his mother treasured.) The kids face all varieties of danger from raging rivers to untrustworthy Indians to exposure from wind and snow. ![]() Naturally, it falls to him to care for his siblings when his parents pass away in quick succession. Their oldest son (Petersen) is continuously in one sort of trouble or another from mischievousness to laziness to stupidity. ![]() Martin and Collings are a farming couple with six children (and another one soon on the way) who decide to head west to the Oregon territory where rich, spacious land awaits anyone who's willing to make the tumultuous trek there. That would be a worthwhile takeaway.īased on a true story (but with certain elements altered to enhance the tribulations and drama), this family-geared film details the ordeal of seven children who must fend for themselves on the way to Oregon when their parents die. How about concentrating on the values expressed in the story and admire the Sagers who persevered when all seemed hopeless. I don't see that that makes the effort any less worthwhile. As far as the acting goes, it appears that the cast of children was selected on the basis of being related to each other rather than passing a screen test. The PC police who rail against unfair treatment of Native Americans in the picture obviously missed the scene of the Indian village that accepted the Sager kids and nursed the baby back to health. Watching the picture from the comfort of one's warm living room may make the story seem far fetched to a lot of viewers, but for the thousands of settlers who headed west in the 1840's, many of the hardships depicted in the picture had to be a concern. The film demonstrates perseverance, fortitude and a cohesive family spirit once the parents die, leaving the 'seven alone' kids of the title to take up the father's original mission of homesteading a dream in Oregon. I don't see that it's warranted quite frankly. Wow, there's a lot of vitriol hurled at this film by some of the other reviewers here. Seven Alone could have used some better direction, but the Wyoming location scenery is nice and the cast does well in the parts. He was a likable young man and gave a sincere performance as the kid determined to realize the dream of his parents. Young Petersen had a minor career of sorts playing in films that never got any theatrical release in New York where I grew up, but certainly played in drive-ins in red state America. Dean Smith plays him in this film and both the Whitman and Carson stories have never really been adequately told on screen. As for Kit Carson his very real exploits needed no embellishing from dime novel writers. After the action of Seven Alone is finished, Marcus and Narcissa Whitman were later murdered and their mission destroyed in the Oregon territory. Marcus Whitman and his wife Narcissa Whitman. The Sager's own personal journey is set against the background of the adventures of some other real pioneers and frontier characters such as Kit Carson and missionaries Dr. The baby made seven Sager children and oldest boy Stewart Petersen leads the rest to the Willamette Valley of Oregon. Based on a true story that eldest Sager daughter played in the film by Debbie Van Orden and narrated in flashback by Anne Seymour, the film is the true account of a family of seven orphans who keep going for Oregon after their parents, Dewey Martin and Anne Collings, both die on the trail, he from blood poisoning and she in childbirth. ![]()
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