Handcart
The story of one man's journey with the Martin Handcart Company
This is a fictional love story with the 1856 Handcart Pioneers as the backdrop. Sam Hunter, falls for a Mormon Pioneer woman, Abigail, as she is moving west. As the pioneers stop in his town of Iowa City, he pretends to desire joining the Mormon Church to show his love for Abigail. As hardships prevail, his faith is tested on their way to Zion.
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Top Cast
Jaelin Petrie
Samual Hunter
Stephanie Albach
Abigail
Chris Kendrick
Moose
Shannon Skinner
Patricia
Gretchen Skinner
Sarah
Joel Bishop
Edward Martin
Scott Christopher
Robert Quincy
Darin Andersen
Trapper Cobb
T.J. Bishop
Extra
Junior Case
Food Rationer
John English
Sunday School Student
Lee Fobert
Richard
Jeffrey Hanson
Sunday School Teacher
Lincoln Hoppe
Tanner Hunter
Kameron Jensen
Oldest Larsen Boy
Nikolas Mikkelsen
Congregation Member
Robert Perry
Handcart Puller
Julie Sapp
Claurice
Caitlin E.J. Meyer
Young Larsen child (uncredited)
Dhylan Meyer
Young Larsen child (uncredited)
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