The Ballad of Lucy Whipple

Jan 20, 2001

1h 36m

★ 5.3

While the world headed West for gold, one family came for adventure.

Overview

The adventures of a family who head west to the California gold fields in the 1850s.

Genres

Drama

Family

Mystery

Western

TV Movie

Production Companies

Craig Anderson Productions

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Cast

Arvella Whipple

Glenn Close

California Morning "Lucy" Whipple

Jena Malone

Jonas Scatter

Bruce McGill

Amos "Rattlesnake Jake" Frogge

Meat Loaf

Sophie

Chloe Webb

Annie Flagg

Olivia Burnette

Joshua 'Carrots' Beale

Dennis Christopher

Buck McPhee

Judy Gold

Butte Whipple

Michael Welch

Jimmy Whiskers

Andy Garrison

Deputy Sheriff Ambrose Scraggs

Wilford Brimley

Clyde Claymore

Robert Pastorelli

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