How the West Was Won
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Western
2h 44m
1962
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...
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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.
Cast

Debbie Reynolds
Lilith Prescott

George Peppard
Zeb Rawlings

Carroll Baker
Eve Prescott Rawlings

James Stewart
Linus Rawlings

Gregory Peck
Cleve Van Valen

Karl Malden
Zebulon Prescott

Robert Preston
Roger Morgan

Henry Fonda
Jethro Stuart

Richard Widmark
Mike King

Carolyn Jones
Julie Rawlings

Agnes Moorehead
Rebecca Prescott

Lee J. Cobb
Marshal Lou Ramsey

Thelma Ritter
Agatha Clegg

John Wayne
Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman

Harry Morgan
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant

Eli Wallach
Charlie Gant

Walter Brennan
Col. Jeb Hawkins

Brigid Bazlen
Dora Hawkins

David Brian
Lilith's Attorney

Andy Devine
Cpl. Peterson

Raymond Massey
Abraham Lincoln

Mickey Shaughnessy
Deputy Stover

Russ Tamblyn
Confederate Deserter

Spencer Tracy
Narrator (voice)

Harry Dean Stanton
Gant Henchman (uncredited)

Lee Van Cleef
River Pirate (uncredited)

Rodolfo Acosta
Gant Gang Member (uncredited)

Clinton Sundberg
Hylan Seabury (uncredited)

Willis Bouchey
Civil War Surgeon (uncredited)

Claude Johnson
Jeremiah Rawlings (uncredited)

Kim Charney
Sam Prescott (uncredited)

Bryan Russell
Zeke Prescott (uncredited)

Stanley Livingston
Prescott Rawlings (uncredited)

Jay C. Flippen
Huggins (uncredited)

Tudor Owen
Parson Alec Harvey (uncredited)

Karl Swenson
Train Conductor (uncredited)

James Griffith
Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited)

Jack Pennick
Cpl. Murphy

Chuck Roberson
Officer (uncredited)

Claude Akins
Man (uncredited)

Mark Allen
Colin Harvey (uncredited)

Bill Borzage
Barfly (uncredited)

Charlie Briggs
Flying Arrow Barker (uncredited)

Paul Bryar
Auctioneer's Assistant (uncredited)

Walter Burke
Wagon Poker Player (uncredited)

Polly Burson
Stock Player (uncredited)

Ken Curtis
Cpl. Ben (uncredited)

John Damler
Lawyer (uncredited)

Christopher Dark
Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited)

William Henry
Staff Officer (uncredited)

Roy Jenson
Henchman (uncredited)

Jack Lambert
Gant Henchman (uncredited)

John Larch
Grimes (uncredited)

J. Edward McKinley
Auctioneer (uncredited)

Harold Miller
Auction Guest (uncredited)

Bob Morgan
Member of Train Robbery Gang (uncredited)

Boyd 'Red' Morgan
River Pirate (uncredited)

Forbes Murray
Auction Guest (uncredited)

Robert Nash
Lawyer (uncredited)

Cliff Osmond
Bartender (uncredited)

Harvey Parry
Henchman (uncredited)

Walter Reed
River Pirate (uncredited)

Gene Roth
Riverboat Poker Player (uncredited)

Bing Russell
Man (uncredited)

Joe Sawyer
Riverboat Officer (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre
Auction Guest (uncredited)

Dub Taylor
Man (uncredited)

William Wellman Jr.
Officer #2 (uncredited)

Harry Wilson
Cattleman at Barricade (uncredited)

Carleton Young
Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited)
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