Chris Kendrick

Lost on the streets of a small Mississippi town, Benji and some unlikely friends work together to rescue his sick mother, all the while evading two dopey dogcatchers.

It's 1856, and Sam Hunter from Iowa City falls in love with a Mormon Pioneer traveling west to Utah under treacherous circumstances. To gain her love, joins the church and joins the movement west. His faith is challenged when an early snow causes trouble for the Martin Handcart Company.