How the West Was Won
How the West Was Won
Release: 1962-11-02
·Runtime: 164m
·★ 7.0
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cinerama Productions
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Forbes Murray
as Auction Guest (uncredited)
Ken Terrell
as River Pirate (uncredited)
William Wellman Jr.
as Officer #2 (uncredited)
Gregory Peck
as Cleve Van Valen
John Wayne
as Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
Claude Johnson
as Jeremiah Rawlings (uncredited)
Bill Borzage
as Barfly (uncredited)
Buddy Bryan
as Music Hall Dancer / Wagon Train Traveler (uncredited)
John Damler
as Lawyer (uncredited)
John Larch
as Grimes (uncredited)
Carroll Baker
as Eve Prescott Rawlings
Kim Charney
as Sam Prescott (uncredited)
Mark Allen
as Colin Harvey (uncredited)
Polly Burson
as Stock Player (uncredited)
Bing Russell
as Man (uncredited)
George Peppard
as Zeb Rawlings
Debbie Reynolds
as Lilith Prescott
Walter Brennan
as Col. Jeb Hawkins
Raymond Massey
as Abraham Lincoln
Harry Dean Stanton
as Gant Henchman (uncredited)
Harold Miller
as Auction Guest (uncredited)
Carleton Young
as Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited)
Andy Devine
as Cpl. Peterson
Tudor Owen
as Parson Alec Harvey (uncredited)
Paul Bryar
as Auctioneer's Assistant (uncredited)
Walter Burke
as Wagon Poker Player (uncredited)
Harry Wilson
as Cattleman at Barricade (uncredited)
James Stewart
as Linus Rawlings
Agnes Moorehead
as Rebecca Prescott
Eli Wallach
as Charlie Gant
Russ Tamblyn
as Confederate Deserter
James Griffith
as Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited)
Jack Lambert
as Gant Henchman (uncredited)
Joe Sawyer
as Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
Mickey Shaughnessy
as Deputy Stover
Jeffrey Sayre
as Auction Guest (uncredited)
Robert Preston
as Roger Morgan
Willis Bouchey
as Civil War Surgeon (uncredited)
Jay C. Flippen
as Huggins (uncredited)
Charlie Briggs
as Flying Arrow Barker (uncredited)
Roy Jenson
as Henchman (uncredited)
Boyd 'Red' Morgan
as River Pirate (uncredited)
Lee J. Cobb
as Marshal Lou Ramsey
Jack Pennick
as Cpl. Murphy
Dub Taylor
as Man (uncredited)
Clinton Sundberg
as Hylan Seabury (uncredited)
Henry Fonda
as Jethro Stuart
Spencer Tracy
as Narrator (voice)
Karl Malden
as Zebulon Prescott
Brigid Bazlen
as Dora Hawkins
Karl Swenson
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Chuck Roberson
as Officer (uncredited)
Ken Curtis
as Cpl. Ben (uncredited)
Harvey Parry
as Henchman (uncredited)
William Henry
as Staff Officer (uncredited)
Bob Morgan
as Member of Train Robbery Gang (uncredited)
Robert Nash
as Lawyer (uncredited)
Cliff Osmond
as Bartender (uncredited)
Lee Van Cleef
as River Pirate (uncredited)
Christopher Dark
as Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited)
Gene Roth
as Riverboat Poker Player (uncredited)
Richard Widmark
as Mike King
Carolyn Jones
as Julie Rawlings
Harry Morgan
as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
David Brian
as Lilith's Attorney
J. Edward McKinley
as Auctioneer (uncredited)
Walter Reed
as River Pirate (uncredited)
Thelma Ritter
as Agatha Clegg
Rodolfo Acosta
as Gant Gang Member (uncredited)
Bryan Russell
as Zeke Prescott (uncredited)
Stanley Livingston
as Prescott Rawlings (uncredited)
Claude Akins
as Man (uncredited)
Robert Banas
as Dance Hall Dancer (uncredited)
Crew
Ken Terrell
Stunts
John Gay
Writer
Richard Thorpe
Special Guest Director
Harvey Parry
Stunts
Jay Sebring
Hair Designer
Frank Cordell
Stunts
A. Arnold Gillespie
Visual Effects
Richard Farnsworth
Stunts
Henry Hathaway
Director
Roy Jenson
Stunts
John Ford
Director
Ronnie Rondell Jr.
Stunts
Sydney Guilaroff
Hairstylist
Boyd 'Red' Morgan
Stunts
Chuck Hayward
Stunts
Michael Preece
Script Supervisor
William Tuttle
Makeup Designer
Charles Lang
Director of Photography
Richard Talmadge
Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director
Dean Smith
Stunts
Pete G. Papanickolas
Grip
Polly Burson
Stunts
Loren Janes
Stunts, Stunt Double
Cliff Lyons
Stunts
Milton Krasner
Director of Photography
Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer, Conductor
William H. Daniels
Director of Photography
Bob Morgan
Stunts
Troy Melton
Stunts
Owen Marsh
Camera Technician
Hal Needham
Stunts
Chuck Roberson
Stunt Double, Stunts
Sammy Cahn
Lyricist
Walter Plunkett
Costume Design
Fred Graham
Stunts
Johnny Mercer
Lyricist
George Marshall
Director