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The Way West   1967         N/R, 122 min. Genre: Western Director: Andrew V. McLaglen   Cast: Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, Richard Widmark, Lola Albright, Sally Field, Stubby Kaye, Jack Elam, Michael Witney, Katherine Justice, Michael McGreevey, Harry Carey Jr., Connie Sawyer, William Lundigan, Elisabeth Fraser, John Mitchum   A.B. Guthrie Jr. wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel on which this film is based. It depicts the 1840s' journey of Missouri farmers, led by Senator William J. Tadlock (Kirk Douglas), trekking along the Oregon Trail to resettle farther west. This was Sally Field's first feature film, and she stands out in her debut.