How the West Was Won
1962 · Movie · 164 min. · United States
The fifty years of American westward expansion between the 1830s and 1880s are viewed through the experiences of the Prescott and Rawlings families, as they migrate by the Erie Canal, continue over the prairies from St. Louis during the California gold rush, suffer through the Civil War, and finally help build the railroads on the plains and bring law and justice to the frontier. Along the way they meet mountain men, journey by wagon train, deal with Native Americans, and face outlaws in the southwest.
Direction Henry Hathaway · John Ford · George Marshall · Richard Thorpe
Cast Carroll Baker · James Stewart · Debbie Reynolds · Gregory Peck · George Peppard · John Wayne · Henry Fonda · Richard Widmark · Eli Wallach · Lee J. Cobb · Karl Malden · Harry Morgan · Robert Preston · Walter Brennan · Agnes Moorehead · Russ Tamblyn · Raymond Massey · Spencer Tracy · Harry Dean Stanton · Lee Van Cleef
Soundtrack Alfred Newman
Screenplay James R. Webb
Cinematography Milton R. Krasner · William H. Daniels · Charles Lang · Joseph LaShelle
Original title How the West Was Won
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