How the West Was Won

Nov 2, 1962

2h 44m

★ 7.0

It's here! The mightiest adventure ever filmed!

Overview

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.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Cinerama Productions

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Cast

Lilith Prescott

Debbie Reynolds

Zeb Rawlings

George Peppard

Eve Prescott Rawlings

Carroll Baker

Linus Rawlings

James Stewart

Cleve Van Valen

Gregory Peck

Zebulon Prescott

Karl Malden

Roger Morgan

Robert Preston

Jethro Stuart

Henry Fonda

Mike King

Richard Widmark

Julie Rawlings

Carolyn Jones

Rebecca Prescott

Agnes Moorehead

Marshal Lou Ramsey

Lee J. Cobb

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6.7

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6.2

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6.0

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