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Andy Garrison, Bruce McGill, Chloe Webb

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

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Directed by: Jeremy Kagan

Release Date: February 18, 2001

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Scene's from The Ballad of Lucy Whipple (California Gold) (2001) Glenn Close as Arvella Whipple, Jena Malone as California Morning 'Lucy' Whipple, Celeste Leary as Prairie Whipple and Michael Welch as Butte Whipple in The Ballad of Lucy Whipple (California Gold) (2001) Olivia Burnette played the role of Annie Flagg in The Ballad of Lucy Whipple (California Gold) (2001) Glenn Close as Arvella Whipple, Jena Malone as California Morning 'Lucy' Whipple, Meat Loaf as Amos 'Rattlesnake Jake' Frogge (as Meat Loaf Aday) and Robert Pastorelli as Clyde Claymore in The Ballad of Lucy Whipple (California Gold) (2001) Jena Malone as California Morning 'Lucy' Whipple in The Ballad of Lucy Whipple (California Gold) (2001) Judy Gold played the role of Buck McPhee in The Ballad of Lucy Whipple (California Gold) (2001) Jena Malone as California Morning 'Lucy' Whipple with her mother Glenn Close as Arvella Whipple in The Ballad of Lucy Whipple (California Gold) (2001) Scott Subiono as Snoose, ....???..... , Judy Gold as Buck McPhee, Bruce McGill as Jonas Scatter, David Stevens as Rusty Hawkins, Jena Malone as California Morning 'Lucy' Whipple and Meat Loaf as Amos 'Rattlesnake Jake' Frogge (as Meat Loaf Aday) in The Ballad of Lucy Whipple (California Gold) (2001) The Ballad of Lucy Whipple (California Gold) (2001) Dennis Christopher played the role of Joshua 'Carrots' Beale in The Ballad of Lucy Whipple (California Gold) (2001) Robert Pastorelli played the role of Clyde Claymore in The Ballad of Lucy Whipple (California Gold) (2001) Wilford Brimley played the role of Deputy Sheriff Ambrose Scraggs in The Ballad of Lucy Whipple (California Gold) (2001)
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  • zenmaster112
    July 10, 2008
    zenmaster112
    enjoyable good for the family.
  • mwohlfeil
    May 28, 2007
    mwohlfeil
    Excellent TV movie with great cast - especially Jena Malone and Glenn Close! Avoids all the typical cliched stereotypes, sentimentalities, etc. one would normally expect in TV movies. Even repeat views are highly enjoyable!
  • LeonardKisack
    February 12, 2007
    LeonardKisack
    Will make it a point to see.

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  • Eleanora617
    July 5, 2007
    Eleanora617
    I love this movie. Jena Malone was really good!
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