The Ballad of Lucy Whipple

The Ballad of Lucy Whipple

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

2001 · 96 min · ★ 5.6 · Drama, Family, Mystery, Western, TV Movie

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

Directed by Jeremy Kagan

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