Kirk Douglas
Sen. William J. Tadlock
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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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- 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.
- May 24, 1967 (US)
- Harold Hecht
Summaries. 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. In the mid nineteenth century, Senator William J. Tadlock leads a group of settlers overland in a quest to start a new settlement in the Western U.S. Tadlock is a highly principled and ...
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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
- 1949
- Western fiction
Tadlock has hired an experienced scout, Dick Summers (Robert Mitchum), to accompany the caravan on the way from Missouri to Oregon. But hazards along the trail, and Tadlock's increasing ...
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- Western
Synopsis. In 1843, a wagon train led by widowed Sen. William J. Tadlock leaves Independence, Missouri, for the long trek across the Oregon Trail. Foremost among the settlers are: Dick Summers, a seasoned trail scout with failing eyesight; farmer Lije Evans, his wife Rebecca, and their 16-year-old son, Brownie; newlyweds Johnnie and Amanda Mack ...
