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Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer.


“Cracking Like a Whip From Here to Excitement!”
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.

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

Connie Sawyer
Mrs. McBee

Michael Witney
Johnnie Mack
The Way West is a action, adventure, drama, western film released in 1967 exploring themes of based on novel or book, settler, native american, 19th century. Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, it stars Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, Richard Widmark. 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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