The Way West (1967)

• Director
  • Andrew V. McLaglen
• Writers
  • Ben Maddow(screenplay)
  • Mitch Lindemann(screenplay)
  • A.B. Guthrie Jr.(novel "The Way West")
• Stars
  • Kirk Douglas
  • Robert Mitchum
  • Richard Widmark

  Senator William J. Tadlock (Kirk Douglas) enlists the help of veteran scout Dick Summers (Robert Mitchum) to lead a wagon train of settlers from Missouri to Oregon in this plodding, routine western. A scared settler accidently shoots an Indian boy who is mistaken for a wolf, prompting Summers to order newlywed triggerman Johnny Mack (Michael Witney) to be hanged to avoid an Indian attack. Sally Field appears in her first big-screen role as the slatternly Mercy McBee.