How the West Was Won
“It's here! The mightiest adventure ever filmed!”
1962•G•2h 44m•7.0•Released
Western
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
John Ford
Writer
John Gay, James R. Webb
Budget
$15M
Revenue
$0M
Languages
English, Spanish
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast
Carroll Baker
Eve Prescott Rawlings
Lee J. Cobb
Marshal Lou Ramsey
Henry Fonda
Jethro Stuart
Carolyn Jones
Julie Rawlings
Karl Malden
Zebulon Prescott
Gregory Peck
Cleve Van Valen
George Peppard
Zeb Rawlings
Robert Preston
Roger Morgan
Debbie Reynolds
Lilith Prescott
James Stewart
Linus Rawlings
Eli Wallach
Charlie Gant
John Wayne
William Sherman
Richard Widmark
Mike King
Spencer Tracy
Narrator (voice)
Brigid Bazlen
Dora Hawkins
Production
Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Company
Cinerama Productions
Producer
Bernard Smith
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