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Film 1962 164 min

How the West Was Won

“It's here! The mightiest adventure ever filmed!”

TMDB Rating ★ 7.0
Votes 489
Director John Ford
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Western Action
The Story

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.

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Cast & Characters

Carroll Baker

Carroll Baker

Eve Prescott Rawlings
Lee J. Cobb

Lee J. Cobb

Marshal Lou Ramsey
Henry Fonda

Henry Fonda

Jethro Stuart
Carolyn Jones

Carolyn Jones

Julie Rawlings
Karl Malden

Karl Malden

Zebulon Prescott
Gregory Peck

Gregory Peck

Cleve Van Valen
George Peppard

George Peppard

Zeb Rawlings
Robert Preston

Robert Preston

Roger Morgan
Debbie Reynolds

Debbie Reynolds

Lilith Prescott
James Stewart

James Stewart

Linus Rawlings
Eli Wallach

Eli Wallach

Charlie Gant
John Wayne

John Wayne

William Sherman
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