The Way West
Cracking Like a Whip From Here to Excitement!
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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.
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Top Cast
Kirk Douglas
Sen. William J. Tadlock
Robert Mitchum
Dick Summers
Richard Widmark
Lije Evans
Lola Albright
Rebecca 'Becky' Evans
Jack Elam
Preacher Weatherby
Stubby Kaye
Sam Fairman
Michael McGreevey
Brownie Evans
Harry Carey, Jr.
Mr. McBee
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