The Way West 1967

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.

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