How the West Was Won
De film vertelt de geschiedenis van de uitbreiding van de Verenigde Staten richting het westen, verteld vanuit het perspectief van één van de pioniersfamilies. Zebulon Prescott neemt in het begin van de 19e eeuw zijn familie mee uit New York. Zijn kinderen en kleinkinderen bereiken uiteindelijk na jaren van oorlog en andere ellende de Westkust.
Regisseur Henry Hathaway, John Ford, George Marshall
Trailer
Cast
James Stewart
Linus Rawlings
Raymond Massey
Abraham Lincoln
Bing Russell
Man (uncredited)
Ken Terrell
River Pirate (uncredited)
Henry Fonda
Jethro Stuart
Brigid Bazlen
Dora Hawkins
Andy Devine
Corporal Peterson
Thelma Ritter
Agatha Clegg
Stanley Livingston
Prescott Rawlings (uncredited)
Claude Johnson
Jeremiah Rawlings (uncredited)
Chuck Roberson
Officer (uncredited)
Paul Bryar
Auctioneer's Assistant (uncredited)
Bob Morgan
Member of Train Robbery Gang (uncredited)
Gene Roth
Riverboat Poker Player (uncredited)
Ken Curtis
Corporal Ben (uncredited)
Walter Reed
River Pirate (uncredited)
Jack Tornek
Barfly (uncredited)
David Brian
Lilith's Attorney
Clinton Sundberg
Hylan Seabury (uncredited)
Bryan Russell
Zeke Prescott (uncredited)
Walter Burke
Wagon Poker Player (uncredited)
Carroll Baker
Eve Prescott Rawlings
Mark Allen
Colin Harvey (uncredited)
Polly Burson
Stock Player (uncredited)
William Wellman Jr.
Officer #2 (uncredited)
Carleton Young
Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited)
Robert Preston
Roger Morgan
John Wayne
William Sherman
Richard Widmark
Mike King
Jack Pennick
Corporal Murphy (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Auction Guest (uncredited)
Lee J. Cobb
Marshal Lou Ramsey
Walter Brennan
Jeb Hawkins
Agnes Moorehead
Rebecca Prescott
Harry Morgan
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert Banas
Dance Hall Dancer (uncredited)
Buddy Bryan
Music Hall Dancer / Wagon Train Traveler (uncredited)
Roy Jenson
Henchman (uncredited)
Jack Lambert
Gant Henchman (uncredited)
George Peppard
Zeb Rawlings
Eli Wallach
Charlie Gant
Mickey Shaughnessy
Deputy Stover
Harvey Parry
Henchman (uncredited)
Gil Perkins
Henchman (uncredited)
Joe Sawyer
Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
Gregory Peck
Cleve Van Valen
Spencer Tracy
Narrator (voice)
Lee Van Cleef
River Pirate
Harry Dean Stanton
Gant Henchman
Willis Bouchey
Civil War Surgeon (uncredited)
Don Anderson
Auction Guest (uncredited)
Boyd 'Red' Morgan
River Pirate (uncredited)
Claude Akins
Man (uncredited)
William Henry
Staff Officer (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
Auction Guest (uncredited)
Dub Taylor
Man (uncredited)
Russ Tamblyn
Confederate Deserter
Rodolfo Acosta
Gant Gang Member (uncredited)
James Griffith
Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited)
Bill Borzage
Barfly (uncredited)
Charlie Briggs
Flying Arrow Barker (uncredited)
John Damler
Lawyer (uncredited)
Carolyn Jones
Julie Rawlings
Debbie Reynolds
Lilith Prescott
Tudor Owen
Parson Alec Harvey (uncredited)
Sol Gorss
River Pirate (uncredited)
John Larch
Grimes (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Auction Guest (uncredited)
Harry Wilson
Cattleman at Barricade (uncredited)
Karl Malden
Zebulon Prescott
Kim Charney
Sam Prescott (uncredited)
Jay C. Flippen
Huggins (uncredited)
Karl Swenson
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Christopher Dark
Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited)
Cliff Osmond
Bartender (uncredited)