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The Way West

1967 · 2h 2m · Action, Adventure, Drama, Western · United States of America · Rated 12 (IE)

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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.

Directed by
Andrew V. McLaglen
Written by
Ben Maddow, Mitch Lindemann
Based on the novel by
A.B. Guthrie Jr.
Starring
Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, Richard Widmark, Lola Albright
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19th centurybased on novel or booknative americansettler
Rating12 (IE)

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