Film record

How the West Was Won

1962Feature film162 minVerification: Verified

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Production countries
United States
Languages
English
Genres
drama film · Western film

Credits

Cinematography

William H. Daniels — Cinematography
Milton Krasner — Cinematography
Charles Lang — Cinematography
Joseph LaShelle — Cinematography

Direction

John Ford — Directing
Henry Hathaway — Directing
George Marshall — Directing

Editing

Harold F. Kress — Editing

Music

Alfred Newman — Music composition

Cast

Carroll Baker — Acting (Eve Prescott Rawlings)
Lee J. Cobb — Acting (Marshal Lou Ramsey)
Henry Fonda — Acting (Jethro Stuart)
Carolyn Jones — Acting (Zeb Rawlings' wife, Julie)
Karl Malden — Acting (Zebulon Prescott)
Gregory Peck — Acting (Cleve Van Valen)
George Peppard — Acting (Zeb Rawlings)
Robert Preston — Acting (Roger Morgan)
Debbie Reynolds — Acting (Lilith Prescott van Valen)
James Stewart — Acting (Linus Rawlings)
Eli Wallach — Acting (Charlie Gant)
John Wayne — Acting (Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman)
Richard Widmark — Acting (Mike King)
Walter Brennan — Acting (Col. Jeb Hawkins)
David Brian — Acting (Lilith's attorney)
Andy Devine — Acting (Corporal Peterson)
Raymond Massey — Acting (President Abraham Lincoln)
Agnes Moorehead — Acting (Rebecca Prescott)
Harry Morgan — Acting (Gen. Ulysses S. Grant)
Thelma Ritter — Acting (Agatha Clegg)
Mickey Shaughnessy — Acting (Deputy Stover)
Russ Tamblyn — Acting (Confederate deserter)
Spencer Tracy — Acting (Narrator)
Brigid Bazlen — Acting (Dora Hawkins)
Harry Dean Stanton — Acting (a member of Gant's gang)
Jack Lambert — Acting (a member of Gant's gang)
James Griffith — Acting
Jay C. Flippen — Acting
Lee Van Cleef — Acting (river pirate)
Rodolfo Acosta — Acting
Willis Bouchey — Acting
Ken Curtis — Acting (Cpl. Ben)
Cliff Osmond — Acting
Gene Roth — Acting
Karl Swenson — Acting
Roy Jenson — Acting
Joe Sawyer — Acting
Chuck Roberson — Acting
Jack Pennick — Acting
Carleton Young — Acting
Walter Reed — Acting
John Larch — Acting (Grimes a gambler)
Clinton Sundberg — Acting (Hylan Seabury)
Tudor Owen — Acting

Production

Bernard Smith — Production

Writing

James R. Webb — Screenwriting
Documented participation

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Distribution

Netflix

International
Verified

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