The Way West (1967)
Cracking Like a Whip From Here to Excitement!
122 min
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.
- Release date
- May 24, 1967
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Kirk Douglas as Senator William J. Tadlock
- Robert Mitchum as Dick Summers
- Richard Widmark as Lije Evans
- Lola Albright as Rebecca 'Becky' Evans
- Jack Elam as Preacher Weatherby
- Stubby Kaye as Sam Fairman
- Michael McGreevey as Brownie Evans
- Harry Carey Jr. as Mr. McBee
- Connie Sawyer as Mrs. McBee
- Michael Witney as Johnnie Mack
Crew
- Andrew V. McLaglen · Director
- Ben Maddow · Writer
- Mitch Lindemann · Writer
- A.B. Guthrie Jr. · Writer
- Harold Hecht · Producer
- Bronislau Kaper · Composer
- William H. Clothier · Cinematographer
- Otho Lovering · Editor
- Edward F. Rhine · Casting director