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The exploits of a wagon train on the Oregon Trail with Douglas, Mitchum and Widmark
The adventures of a wagon train in 1843 traveling from Independence, Missouri, to Willamette Valley, Oregon, are chronicled. Kirk Douglas plays the dictatorial leader, Robert Mitchum an aloof scout, Richard Widmark a fiery farmer, Lola Albright his wife and Jack Elam a stowaway Preacher.
"The Way West" (1967) was based on the wagon train tome by A. B. Guthrie, Jr. There are elements reminiscent of earlier such movies, such as Bend of the River (1952) and How the West was Won (1962), as well as later ones, like Meeks Cutoff (2011). Its generally realistic, but some viewers dont appreciate the occasional Hee Haw-like caricatures thrown in for ligh...