Cold River

Year: 1982

Runtime: 94 mins

Language: English

Director: Fred G. Sullivan

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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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