The Way West (film)

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The Way West
Original 1967 cinema poster
Directed by	Andrew V. McLaglen
Screenplay by	Ben Maddow Mitch Lindemann
Based on	The Way West 1949 novel by A.B. Guthrie Jr. (1901-1991)
Produced by	Harold Hecht
Starring	Kirk Douglas Robert Mitchum Richard Widmark Lola Albright Jack Elam Sally Field Stubby Kaye Katherine Justice Eve McVeagh
Cinematography	William H. Clothier
Edited by	Otho Lovering
Music by	Bronislau Kaper
Production company	Harold Hecht Company
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	May 24, 1967 (1967-05-24) (US)
Running time	122 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Way West is a 1967 American Western film directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and starring Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, and Richard Widmark. The supporting cast features Lola Albright, Jack Elam, Sally Field, Katherine Justice, and Stubby Kaye. Ostensibly based on the 1949 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by A. B. Guthrie Jr. (1901-1991), the film is a drama about a band of settlers traveling by covered wagon train across the American frontier of the West to the Oregon Country on the Oregon Trail in 1843. It includes on-location cinematography by William H. Clothier. Sam Elliott made his feature film debut as an uncredited Missouri townsman.