One More Mountain (television) Two-hour television movie; aired on ABC on March 6, 1994. Margaret Reed, a fragile pioneer woman, struggles to overcome hardships, and keep her family alive, while traveling to California over the Sierra Nevada range during the mid-1800s. Directed by Dick Lowry. Stars Meredith Baxter (Margaret), Chris Cooper (James Reed), Larry Drake (Patrick Breen), Jean Simmons (Sarah Keyes).