The Way West
Cracking Like a Whip From Here to Excitement!
6.1(109) 1967-05-24 122 minActionAdventureDramaWestern
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.
DirectorAndrew V. McLaglen
ScreenplayBen Maddow
ScreenplayMitch Lindemann
ProducerHarold Hecht
Original Music ComposerBronislau Kaper
Cast & characters
Kirk Douglas
as Sen. 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
William Lundigan
as Michael Moynihan
Elisabeth Fraser
as Mrs. Fairman
John Mitchum
as Little Henry
Patric Knowles
as Captain Grant
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Hal Lynch
as Big Henry
Timothy Scott
as Middle Henry
Roy Glenn
as Saunders
Paul Lukather
as Mr. Turley
Stefan Arngrim
as William J. Tadlock Jr.
Roy Barcroft
as Mr. Masters
Eve McVeagh
as Mrs. Masters
Peggy Stewart
as Mrs. Turley
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Anne Barton
as Mrs. Moynihan
Nick Cravat
as Calvelli
