The Way West
Cracking Like a Whip From Here to Excitement!
122 mins
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.
Hal Lynch
Big Henry
Anne Barton
Mrs. Moynihan
Jack Coffer
Cattleman (uncredited)
Everett Creach
Cattleman (uncredited)
Clarke Gordon
Caleb Greenwood (uncredited)
Hollis Hill
Bagpiper at Fort Hall (uncredited)
Gary Morris
Paw-Kee Mah (uncredited)
Mitchell Schollars
Indian Boy (uncredited)
Hector Smith
Bagpiper at Fort Hall (uncredited)
Mitch Lindemann
Screenplay
Frank McCoy
Makeup Artist
Gary Morris
Makeup Artist
Jean Udko
Hairstylist
Terry Morse Jr.
Assistant Director
Clem Portman
Sound Recordist
Jack Solomon
Sound
Daniel Hays
Special Effects
Everett Creach
Stunts
Jack Coffer
Stunts
Jim Burk
Stunts
May Boss
Stunts
A.B. Guthrie Jr.
Novel
Harold Hecht
Producer
Mitch Lindemann
Associate Producer
Otho Lovering
Editor
Edward F. Rhine
Casting
Ted Haworth
Art Direction
Robert Priestley
Set Decoration
Norma Koch
Costume Design
Gary McLarty
Stunts