The Way West

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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  Kirk Douglas

  Sen. William J. Tadlock
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  Robert Mitchum

  Dick Summers
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  Richard Widmark

  Lije Evans
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  Lola Albright

  Rebecca 'Becky' Evans
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  Jack Elam

  Preacher Weatherby
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  Stubby Kaye

  Sam Fairman
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  Michael McGreevey

  Brownie Evans
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  Harry Carey Jr.

  Mr. McBee
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  Connie Sawyer

  Mrs. McBee
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  Michael Witney

  Johnnie Mack