The Way West

1967 122 min ★ 6.1 Action, Adventure, Drama, Western

In the mid-19th century, Senator William J. Tadlock leads a group of settlers overland in a quest to start a new settlement in the Western US. Tadlock is a highly principled and demanding taskmaster who is as hard on himself as he is on those who have joined his wagon train. He clashes with one of the new settlers, Lije Evans, who doesn't quite appreciate Tadlock's ways. Along the way, the families must face death and heartbreak and a sampling of frontier justice when one of them accidentally kills a young Indian boy.

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Cast

Kirk Douglas

Sen. William J. Tadlock

Robert Mitchum

Dick Summers

Richard Widmark

Lije Evans

Lola Albright

Rebecca 'Becky' Evans

Jack Elam

Preacher Weatherby

Stubby Kaye

Sam Fairman

Michael McGreevey

Brownie Evans

Harry Carey, Jr.

Mr. McBee

Connie Sawyer

Mrs. McBee

Michael Witney

Johnnie Mack

Details

Director

Andrew V. McLaglen

Screenplay

Ben Maddow

Tagline

"Cracking Like a Whip From Here to Excitement!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Harold Hecht Productions, United Artists

Reviews

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Wuchak

April 14, 2021

★ 6/10

_**The exploits of a wagon train on the Oregon Trail with Douglas, Mitchum and Widmark**_ The adventures of a wagon train in 1843 traveling from Independence, Missouri, to Willamette Valley, Oregon, are chronicled. Kirk Douglas plays the dictatorial leader, Robert Mitchum an aloof scout, Richard Widmark a fiery farmer, Lola Albright his wife and Jack Elam a stowaway Preacher. "The Way West"...