A story unfolds about a group making their way across the country from Independence, Missouri, to Willamette Valley, Oregon, in 1843. Kirk Douglas portrays the controlling leader, Robert Mitchum embodies a detached scout, Richard Widmark takes on the role of an impassioned farmer, Lola Albright is his wife and Jack Elam appears as a hidden Preacher. "The Way West," released in 1967, draws from A. B. Guthrie, Jr.’s…