How the West Was Won
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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, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall
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Cast
Forbes Murray
Auction Guest (uncredited)
Harvey Parry
Henchman (uncredited)
Ken Terrell
River Pirate (uncredited)
William Wellman Jr.
Officer #2 (uncredited)
Richard Widmark
Mike King
Claude Johnson
Jeremiah Rawlings (uncredited)
Bryan Russell
Zeke Prescott (uncredited)
Chuck Roberson
Officer (uncredited)
Gil Perkins
Henchman (uncredited)
Bing Russell
Man (uncredited)
Willis Bouchey
Civil War Surgeon (uncredited)
Ken Curtis
Corporal Ben (uncredited)
Roy Jenson
Henchman (uncredited)
John Larch
Grimes (uncredited)
Andy Devine
Corporal Peterson
Paul Bryar
Auctioneer's Assistant (uncredited)
Dub Taylor
Man (uncredited)
Harry Wilson
Cattleman at Barricade (uncredited)
Carleton Young
Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited)
Mark Allen
Colin Harvey (uncredited)
Gregory Peck
Cleve Van Valen
Robert Preston
Roger Morgan
David Brian
Lilith's Attorney
Tudor Owen
Parson Alec Harvey (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Auction Guest (uncredited)
Christopher Dark
Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited)
Karl Malden
Zebulon Prescott
Thelma Ritter
Agatha Clegg
Mickey Shaughnessy
Deputy Stover
Harry Dean Stanton
Gant Henchman
Lee J. Cobb
Marshal Lou Ramsey
Carolyn Jones
Julie Rawlings
Karl Swenson
Train Conductor (uncredited)
George Peppard
Zeb Rawlings
Robert Banas
Dance Hall Dancer (uncredited)
Charlie Briggs
Flying Arrow Barker (uncredited)
Boyd 'Red' Morgan
River Pirate (uncredited)
Cliff Osmond
Bartender (uncredited)
Jack Tornek
Barfly (uncredited)
Lee Van Cleef
River Pirate
James Griffith
Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited)
Walter Reed
River Pirate (uncredited)
Gene Roth
Riverboat Poker Player (uncredited)
Joe Sawyer
Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
Debbie Reynolds
Lilith Prescott
James Stewart
Linus Rawlings
Jay C. Flippen
Huggins (uncredited)
Henry Fonda
Jethro Stuart
Brigid Bazlen
Dora Hawkins
Kim Charney
Sam Prescott (uncredited)
Stanley Livingston
Prescott Rawlings (uncredited)
Sol Gorss
River Pirate (uncredited)
Don Anderson
Auction Guest (uncredited)
William Henry
Staff Officer (uncredited)
Bob Morgan
Member of Train Robbery Gang (uncredited)
Bill Borzage
Barfly (uncredited)
Buddy Bryan
Music Hall Dancer / Wagon Train Traveler (uncredited)
Eli Wallach
Charlie Gant
John Wayne
William Sherman
Walter Brennan
Jeb Hawkins
Claude Akins
Man (uncredited)
Jack Lambert
Gant Henchman (uncredited)
Clinton Sundberg
Hylan Seabury (uncredited)
Carroll Baker
Eve Prescott Rawlings
Russ Tamblyn
Confederate Deserter
Rodolfo Acosta
Gant Gang Member (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Auction Guest (uncredited)
Polly Burson
Stock Player (uncredited)
John Damler
Lawyer (uncredited)
Raymond Massey
Abraham Lincoln
Harry Morgan
Ulysses S. Grant
Jack Pennick
Corporal Murphy (uncredited)
Walter Burke
Wagon Poker Player (uncredited)
Spencer Tracy
Narrator (voice)
Agnes Moorehead
Rebecca Prescott