The Way West is about as bad an epic Western as I’ve ever seen.

Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, and Richard Widmark help to oil the squeaky theme with their skill.

The sort of Western that's typically described as "sprawling," the picture packs a lot of incident into its 122-minute running time, but only select bits deliver much of a punch.

The Way West is made with spirit and feeling and, if it has all the old stuff in it, it also has three rock-like old-timers showing their - years but also their assurance, their professionalism, their sheer much-used talent.