Kirk Douglas
Sen. William J. Tadlock
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A former U.S. Senator leads a wagon train of settlers to Oregon, but his megalomania leads to growing dissatisfaction with his leadership. The film features Robert Mitchum, Richard Widmark, Lola Albright and Sally Field in supporting roles.
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- Adventure, Drama, Western
- Andrew V. McLaglen
- 1967-05-24
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.
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The Way West is a 1949 western novel by A. B. Guthrie, Jr. The book won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1950 and became the basis for a film starring Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, and Richard Widmark.
- A. B. Guthrie
- 1949
The Way West. 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.
A former U.S. Senator leads a wagon train of settlers to Oregon in 1843, but his megalomania and harsh rules cause conflicts and tragedies along the way. IMDb provides three different plot summaries and a synopsis of this classic western film.
A comedy-western film starring Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum and Richard Widmark as a group of settlers traveling to Oregon. The film has mixed reviews from critics and audiences, who praise the humor but criticize the plot and the characters.
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- Western
