How the West Was Won
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1962 · 2h 44m · G
Western
Directed by
John Ford
,
Henry Hathaway
,
George Marshall
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How the West Was Won
Overview
The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.
Director and cast
- John Ford Director
- Henry Hathaway Director
- George Marshall Director
- Carroll Baker as Eve Prescott Rawlings
- Lee J. Cobb as Marshal Lou Ramsey
- Henry Fonda as Jethro Stuart
- Carolyn Jones as Julie Rawlings
- Karl Malden as Zebulon Prescott
- Gregory Peck as Cleve Van Valen
- George Peppard as Zeb Rawlings
- Robert Preston as Roger Morgan
- Debbie Reynolds as Lilith Prescott
- James Stewart as Linus Rawlings
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