The Ballad of Lucy Whipple

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

Cast

Glenn Close

as Arvella Whipple

Jena Malone

as California Morning "Lucy" Whipple

Bruce McGill

as Jonas Scatter

Meat Loaf

as Amos "Rattlesnake Jake" Frogge

Chloe Webb

as Sophie

Olivia Burnette

as Annie Flagg

Dennis Christopher

as Joshua 'Carrots' Beale

Judy Gold

as Buck McPhee

Michael Welch

as Butte Whipple

Andy Garrison

as Jimmy Whiskers

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