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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.

1962 |2h 44m |  Western

Videos

Cast

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Debbie Reynolds

Lilith Prescott

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George Peppard

Zeb Rawlings

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Carroll Baker

Eve Prescott Rawlings

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James Stewart

Linus Rawlings

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Gregory Peck

Cleve Van Valen

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Karl Malden

Zebulon Prescott

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Robert Preston

Roger Morgan

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Henry Fonda

Jethro Stuart

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Richard Widmark

Mike King

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Carolyn Jones

Julie Rawlings

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Agnes Moorehead

Rebecca Prescott

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Lee J. Cobb

Marshal Lou Ramsey

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Thelma Ritter

Agatha Clegg

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John Wayne

Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman

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Harry Morgan

Gen. Ulysses S. Grant

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Eli Wallach

Charlie Gant

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Walter Brennan

Col. Jeb Hawkins

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Brigid Bazlen

Dora Hawkins

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David Brian

Lilith's Attorney

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Andy Devine

Cpl. Peterson

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Raymond Massey

Abraham Lincoln

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Mickey Shaughnessy

Deputy Stover

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Russ Tamblyn

Confederate Deserter

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Spencer Tracy

Narrator (voice)

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Harry Dean Stanton

Gant Henchman (uncredited)

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Lee Van Cleef

River Pirate (uncredited)

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Rodolfo Acosta

Gant Gang Member (uncredited)

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Clinton Sundberg

Hylan Seabury (uncredited)

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Willis Bouchey

Civil War Surgeon (uncredited)

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Claude Johnson

Jeremiah Rawlings (uncredited)

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Kim Charney

Sam Prescott (uncredited)

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Bryan Russell

Zeke Prescott (uncredited)

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Stanley Livingston

Prescott Rawlings (uncredited)

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Jay C. Flippen

Huggins (uncredited)

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Tudor Owen

Parson Alec Harvey (uncredited)

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Karl Swenson

Train Conductor (uncredited)

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James Griffith

Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited)

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Jack Pennick

Cpl. Murphy

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Chuck Roberson

Officer (uncredited)

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Claude Akins

Man (uncredited)

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Mark Allen

Colin Harvey (uncredited)

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Bill Borzage

Barfly (uncredited)

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Charlie Briggs

Flying Arrow Barker (uncredited)

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Paul Bryar

Auctioneer's Assistant (uncredited)

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Walter Burke

Wagon Poker Player (uncredited)

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Ken Curtis

Cpl. Ben (uncredited)

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John Damler

Lawyer (uncredited)

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Christopher Dark

Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited)

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William Henry

Staff Officer (uncredited)

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Roy Jenson

Henchman (uncredited)

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Jack Lambert

Gant Henchman (uncredited)

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John Larch

Grimes (uncredited)

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J. Edward McKinley

Auctioneer (uncredited)

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Harold Miller

Auction Guest (uncredited)

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Boyd 'Red' Morgan

River Pirate (uncredited)

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Forbes Murray

Auction Guest (uncredited)

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Cliff Osmond

Bartender (uncredited)

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Walter Reed

River Pirate (uncredited)

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Gene Roth

Riverboat Poker Player (uncredited)

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Bing Russell

Man (uncredited)

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Joe Sawyer

Riverboat Officer (uncredited)

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Jeffrey Sayre

Auction Guest (uncredited)

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Dub Taylor

Man (uncredited)

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William Wellman Jr.

Officer #2 (uncredited)

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Harry Wilson

Cattleman at Barricade (uncredited)

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Carleton Young

Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited)

More Details

Status

Released

Language

English, Spanish

Budget

$15,000,000.00

Revenue

$50,000,000.00