The Way West

Name: The Way West
Genre: Adventure, Western
Released: May 24, 1967
Duration: 122 min
Rating: 42
Cast: Harry Carey Jr., Jack Elam, Katherine Justice, Kirk Douglas, Lola Albright

1967

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United Artists | Release Date: May 24, 1967 | Approved

Starring: Harry Carey Jr., Jack Elam, Katherine Justice, Kirk Douglas, Lola Albright, Michael McGreevey, Richard Widmark, Robert Mitchum, Sally Field, Stubby Kaye

Summary: In 1843, a former U.S. Senator leads a wagon train of settlers to Oregon, but his megalomania leads to growing dissatisfaction with his leadership.

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen

Genre(s): Adventure, Western

Rating: Approved

Runtime: 122 min

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Roger Ebert

If The Way West does not wholly succeed as drama, it is at least a well-made and wholly professional Hollywood Western. Western fans, myself included, might enjoy it for that alone. Widmark and Mitchum are excellent in roles unusual for them and Douglas, as always, is a seasoned old hand. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

An extraordinarily predictable and uninviting western directed by McLaglen in the John Ford vein but with none of the Ford atmosphere, complexity, characterization, or inventiveness. Read full review

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The cast - Douglas as a frantically visionary senator, Mitchum as the veteran trail scout, Widmark as the leader of the settlers - is fine, and William Clothier's location photography impressive. But the script meanders badly, even taking time off for a bit of teenage romance involving nymphet Sally Field in her film debut, while McLaglen's direction is simply lacklustre. Read full review

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Project probably looked good on paper, but washed out in scripting, direction and pacing. Incidents do not build to any climax; excepting the first and last reels, any others could be shown out of order with no apparent discontinuity. Read full review

Bosley Crowther

What they have to go through to reach Oregon is nothing to compare to what an old Western fan has to go through to keep from getting up in the middle and walking out. Read full review

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