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Cold River (1982) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1982 · 94 mins · English
- Directed by
- Fred G. Sullivan
- Starring
- Augusta Dabney, Richard Jaeckel, Brad Sullivan, David Thomas, Robert Earl Jones, Wade Barnes
Based on William Judson’s novel Winterkill, the story follows an Adirondack guide who leads his young daughter and stepson on a fall‑time camping expedition in 1932. An unexpectedly early winter—known as a ‘winterkill’ when wildlife are caught unprepared—strikes, leaving the two children lost, without food or shelter, and forced to struggle home through harsh elements.
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