How the West Was Won

12
2h 44m
1962
6.982 /10 (453)

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.

Country : United States of America
Genre : Western
Languages : Español, English
Released Date: 1962-11-02

Top Billed 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

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