THE WAY WEST (1967)

THE FILM

FILM DIRECTOR: Andrew V. McLaglen

SCREENWRITER: Ben Maddow, Mitch Lindemann

FILM STARS: Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, Richard Widmark, Lola Albright, Jack Elam, Sally Field, Stubby Kaye, Harry Carey Jr, Sam Elliott (uncredited)

COUNTRY: USA

THIS BOOK

AUTHOR: A.B. Guthrie

TYPE: Novel

PUBLISHER: Corgi

THIS EDITION PUBLISHED: 1967

COUNTRY: Great Britain

COVER: Paperback

THE ORIGINAL BOOK

ORIGINAL AUTHOR: As Above

YEAR FIRST PUBLISHED: 1949

ORIGINAL BOOK TITLE: The film title

NOTES

GENRE: Western

WORDS: A sprawling western. Despite the films magnificent cast (big star buddy team ups were common in westerns of the 60s but here there are three big stars … and ones I love … cool) I recollect the film being familiar and a bit ripe. I need to watch it again. Perhaps, though, because of my lukewarm memory of the film I have not got around to reading this novel, which, incidentally, won the Pulitzer Prise in 1950. I have read other Guthrie novels and they are excellent so I should …

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