Synopsis
Over 2000 Union soldiers, passengers and crew were crammed aboard the steamboat Sultana, licensed to carry 376. Graft, greed, overcrowding, a poorly maintained boat, and the Mississippi River was swollen with spring snowmelt conspired together to create a disaster. On April 27, 1865, the boat’s boilers exploded, causing the worst maritime disaster in US history.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Mark MarshallDirector
- Brendan HedgesWriter
- Mike MarshallDirector
- Mark MarshallWriter
Cast
- Sean AstinNarrator
- Mackenzie AstinCaptain J. Walter Elliott / Private George Clarkson (voice)
- Jim BeaverJoseph Taylor Elliott / First Engineering Officer Nathaniel Wintringer (voice)
- Bob BergenCaptain Louis Rosché / Pleasant Marion Keeble (voice)
- Leah Ann CevoliEliza Frances 'Fanny' Andrews (voice)
- Jim CummingsSergeant Alexander C. Brown / Sergeant William Fies (voice)
- Matthew Jayson CwernLieutenant John Clark Ely / Private William Wendt (voice) (as Matt Jayson)
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Themes
civil warmississippi riversteamboatriverboat