
Das war der Wilde Westen
So wurde der Westen erobert: mit Unerschrockenheit, Zähigkeit und ständigen Auseinandersetzungen. Drei Regisseure inszenierten fünf ineinander verwobene Geschichten mit etlichen der legendärsten Actionsequenzen der Filmgeschichte und einem gewaltigen Staraufgebot: So wurde "Das war der Wilde Westen" verfilmt. Henry Fonda, Gregory Peck, Debbie Reynolds, James Stewart und John Wayne gehören zu den großen Namen in dieser Monumentalsaga über eine wagemutige Familie, die über mehrere Generationen immer weiter nach Westen zieht. Spektakuläre Szenen zeigen eine atemberaubende Wildwasserfahrt, eine donnernde Stampede panischer Büffel und ein packendes Duell auf einem führerlos dahin rasenden Zug.
Regie George Marshall, John Ford, Henry Hathaway
Trailer
Besetzung

Dub Taylor
Man (uncredited)

Karl Malden
Zebulon Prescott

David Brian
Lilith's Attorney

Clinton Sundberg
Hylan Seabury (uncredited)

Walter Reed
River Pirate (uncredited)

Carolyn Jones
Julie Rawlings

Don Anderson
Auction Guest (uncredited)

Harold Miller
Auction Guest (uncredited)

Joe Sawyer
Riverboat Officer (uncredited)

Harry Wilson
Cattleman at Barricade (uncredited)

Gregory Peck
Cleve Van Valen

Robert Preston
Roger Morgan

Agnes Moorehead
Rebecca Prescott

Thelma Ritter
Agatha Clegg

Mickey Shaughnessy
Deputy Stover

Russ Tamblyn
Confederate Deserter

Bryan Russell
Zeke Prescott (uncredited)

James Griffith
Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited)

Claude Akins
Man (uncredited)

Mark Allen
Colin Harvey (uncredited)

Harvey Parry
Henchman (uncredited)

Christopher Dark
Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited)

Henry Fonda
Jethro Stuart

Eli Wallach
Charlie Gant

Buddy Bryan
Music Hall Dancer / Wagon Train Traveler (uncredited)

Ken Curtis
Corporal Ben (uncredited)

Cliff Osmond
Bartender (uncredited)

Carleton Young
Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited)

Lee J. Cobb
Marshal Lou Ramsey

Debbie Reynolds
Lilith Prescott

James Stewart
Linus Rawlings

Sol Gorss
River Pirate (uncredited)

Andy Devine
Corporal Peterson

Lee Van Cleef
River Pirate

Rodolfo Acosta
Gant Gang Member (uncredited)

Jack Lambert
Gant Henchman (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre
Auction Guest (uncredited)

Jack Tornek
Barfly (uncredited)

Claude Johnson
Jeremiah Rawlings (uncredited)

Stanley Livingston
Prescott Rawlings (uncredited)

Bill Borzage
Barfly (uncredited)

Roy Jenson
Henchman (uncredited)

Brigid Bazlen
Dora Hawkins

Chuck Roberson
Officer (uncredited)

Forbes Murray
Auction Guest (uncredited)

Gil Perkins
Henchman (uncredited)

Ken Terrell
River Pirate (uncredited)

Charlie Briggs
Flying Arrow Barker (uncredited)

Polly Burson
Stock Player (uncredited)

George Peppard
Zeb Rawlings

John Wayne
William Sherman

John Larch
Grimes (uncredited)

William Wellman Jr.
Officer #2 (uncredited)

Paul Bryar
Auctioneer's Assistant (uncredited)

Walter Burke
Wagon Poker Player (uncredited)

Carroll Baker
Eve Prescott Rawlings

Walter Brennan
Jeb Hawkins

Harry Morgan
Ulysses S. Grant

Harry Dean Stanton
Gant Henchman

Jay C. Flippen
Huggins (uncredited)

Richard Widmark
Mike King

Raymond Massey
Abraham Lincoln

Willis Bouchey
Civil War Surgeon (uncredited)

Tudor Owen
Parson Alec Harvey (uncredited)

Boyd 'Red' Morgan
River Pirate (uncredited)

Bing Russell
Man (uncredited)

Spencer Tracy
Narrator (voice)

Karl Swenson
Train Conductor (uncredited)

Robert Banas
Dance Hall Dancer (uncredited)

John Damler
Lawyer (uncredited)

William Henry
Staff Officer (uncredited)

Bob Morgan
Member of Train Robbery Gang (uncredited)

Gene Roth
Riverboat Poker Player (uncredited)

Kim Charney
Sam Prescott (uncredited)

Jack Pennick
Corporal Murphy (uncredited)