The Way West (1967)
Cracking Like a Whip From Here to Excitement!
- Released
- Runtime 2h 2m
- Director Andrew V. McLaglen
- Genres Action Adventure Drama Western
- Rating 6.1/10 (109 votes)
Synopsis
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.
Cast
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Kirk Douglas
as Sen. William J. Tadlock
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Robert Mitchum
as Dick Summers
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Richard Widmark
as Lije Evans
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Lola Albright
as Rebecca 'Becky' Evans
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Jack Elam
as Preacher Weatherby
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Stubby Kaye
as Sam Fairman
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Michael McGreevey
as Brownie Evans
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Harry Carey, Jr.
as Mr. McBee
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Connie Sawyer
as Mrs. McBee
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Michael Witney
as Johnnie Mack
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William Lundigan
as Michael Moynihan
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Elisabeth Fraser
as Mrs. Fairman
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John Mitchum
as Little Henry
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Patric Knowles
as Captain Grant
- Hal Lynch as Big Henry
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Timothy Scott
as Middle Henry
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Roy Glenn
as Saunders
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Paul Lukather
as Mr. Turley
Crew
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Andrew V. McLaglen
Director
- William H. Clothier Director of Photography
- Otho Lovering Editor
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Bronislau Kaper
Original Music Composer
- Harold Hecht Producer
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Ben Maddow
Screenplay
- Mitch Lindemann Screenplay
