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The Way West is a 1967 American Western film directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and starring Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, and Richard Widmark. The supporting cast features Lola Albright, Jack Elam, Sally Field and Stubby Kaye.
The Way West: Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. With Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, Richard Widmark, Lola Albright. In 1843, a former U.S. Senator leads a wagon train of settlers to Oregon, but his megalomania leads to growing dissatisfaction with his leadership.
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The Way West is a 1949 western novel by A. B. Guthrie, Jr. [1] The book won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1950 [2] and became the basis for a film starring Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, and Richard Widmark.
With the help of the experienced scout, Dick Summers, the slow and almost defenceless caravan of impatient settlers ventures into the long and rugged Oregon Trail, as martinet Tadlock's sacred rules and heightening self-involvement threaten to jeopardise the entire expedition.
In search of greener pastures, Senator William J. Tadlock (Kirk Douglas) heads west, with scores of settlers following behind. Tadlock has hired an experienced scout, Dick Summers (Robert Mitchum...
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The Way West. Action. 122 minutes ‧ 1967. Roger Ebert. June 20, 1967. 2 min read. Harold Hecht’s “The Way West” is a handsomely photographed account of a picaresque journey along the Oregon Trail, but somehow I don’t think it was supposed to be.
In The Way West, Kirk Douglas plays a widowed senator and Robert Mitchum a trail scout with failing eyesight who lead a wagon train of pioneers from Missouri to Oregon.
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. 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.
The Way West. A group of settlers decide to leave the comfort of the East and follow a former US Senator to Oregon but soon question their decision when faced with death, heartbreak and the harsh toughness of the new frontier. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started. Woot!
