How the West Was Won

How the West Was Won

162 mins | Western | Oct. 1, 1962

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.

How the West Was Won

162 mins | Western | Oct. 1, 1962

How the West Was Won
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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title How the West Was Won
Directors Robert Saunders, William Shanks, George Marshall Jr., William McGarry, Wingate Smith, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall, John Ford
Writers Sammy Cahn, James R. Webb, Ken Darby, John Gay, Johnny Mercer

Cast

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 Lily Prescott

James Stewart

as Linus Rawlings

Eli Wallach

as Charlie Gant

John Wayne

as William Sherman

Richard Widmark

as Mike King

Brigid Bazlen

as Jeb Hawkins' Daughter

Walter Brennan

as Jeb Hawkins

David Brian

as Lilith's Attorney

Andy Devine

as Peterson

Raymond Massey

as Abraham Lincoln

Agnes Moorehead

as Rebecca Prescott

Harry Morgan

as Ulysses S. Grant

Thelma Ritter

as Agatha Clegg

Mickey Shaughnessy

as Deputy Stover

Russ Tamblyn

as Confederate Deserter

Spencer Tracy

as Narrator (voice)

Harry Dean Stanton

as Gant Henchman

Lee Van Cleef

as River Pirate

Rodolfo Acosta

as Gant Gang Member

Clinton Sundberg

as Hylan Seabury

Willis Bouchey

as Civil War Surgeon (uncredited)

Claude Johnson

as Jeremiah Rawlings (uncredited)

Kim Charney

as Sam Prescott (uncredited)

Bryan Russell

as Zeke Prescott (uncredited)

Stanley Livingston

as Prescott Rawlings (uncredited)

Jay C. Flippen

as Huggins (uncredited)

Tudor Owen

as Alec Harvey (uncredited)

Karl Swenson

as Train Conductor (uncredited)

James Griffith

as Gambler (uncredited)

Jack Pennick

as Cpl. Murphy

Jim Michael

as Barfly (uncredited)

Chuck Roberson

as Officer