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