Plot
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
Michael McGreevey
Brownie Evans
Harry Carey Jr.
Mr. McBee
Connie Sawyer
Mrs. McBee
Michael Witney
Johnnie Mack
William Lundigan
Michael Moynihan
Elisabeth Fraser
Mrs. Fairman
Crew
Andrew V. McLaglen
Director
Ben Maddow
Screenplay
Mitch Lindemann
Screenplay
William H. Clothier
Director of Photography
Bronislau Kaper
Original Music Composer
Harold Hecht
Producer
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