How the West Was Won
02/11/1962
3h

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


Carroll Baker
Eve Prescott Rawlings


Lee J. Cobb
Marshal Lou Ramsey


Henry Fonda
Jethro Stuart


Carolyn Jones
Julie Rawlings


Karl Malden
Zebulon Prescott


Gregory Peck
Cleve Van Valen


George Peppard
Zeb Rawlings


Robert Preston
Roger Morgan


Debbie Reynolds
Lilith Prescott


James Stewart
Linus Rawlings


Eli Wallach
Charlie Gant


John Wayne
William Sherman


Richard Widmark
Mike King


Spencer Tracy
Narrator (voice)


Brigid Bazlen
Dora Hawkins


Walter Brennan
Jeb Hawkins


David Brian
Lilith's Attorney


Andy Devine
Corporal Peterson


Raymond Massey
Abraham Lincoln


Agnes Moorehead
Rebecca Prescott


Harry Morgan
Ulysses S. Grant


Thelma Ritter
Agatha Clegg


Mickey Shaughnessy
Deputy Stover


Russ Tamblyn
Confederate Deserter


Harry Dean Stanton
Gant Henchman


Lee Van Cleef
River Pirate


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
Corporal Murphy (uncredited)
Jim Michael
Barfly (uncredited)


Chuck Roberson
Officer (uncredited)


Claude Akins
Man (uncredited)


Mark Allen
Colin Harvey (uncredited)


Don Anderson
Auction Guest (uncredited)
Beulah Archuletta
Arapaho Woman (uncredited)


Robert Banas
Dance Hall Dancer (uncredited)
Willie Bloom
Barfly (uncredited)


Bill Borzage
Barfly (uncredited)
John Breen
Waiter (uncredited)


Charlie Briggs
Flying Arrow Barker (uncredited)


Buddy Bryan
Music Hall Dancer / Wagon Train Traveler (uncredited)


Paul Bryar
Auctioneer's Assistant (uncredited)


Walter Burke
Wagon Poker Player (uncredited)


Polly Burson
Stock Player (uncredited)


Ken Curtis
Corporal Ben (uncredited)


John Damler
Lawyer (uncredited)


Christopher Dark
Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited)
Kem Dibbs
Blacksmith (uncredited)
Forrest Draper
(uncredited)
Craig Duncan
James Marshall (uncredited)
Ben Black Elk Sr.
Arapaho Chief (uncredited)
Raoul Freeman
Auction Guest (uncredited)


Sol Gorss
River Pirate (uncredited)
Tom Greenway
(uncredited)
Barry Harvey
Angus Harvey (uncredited)


William Henry
Staff Officer (uncredited)
Jerry Holmes
Railroad Clerk (uncredited)


Roy Jenson
Henchman (uncredited)
Walter Kightly
Cavalryman (uncredited)


Jack Lambert
Gant Henchman (uncredited)


John Larch
Grimes (uncredited)
Robert P. Lieb
Bartender (uncredited)
Herbert Maneval
Schoolboy (uncredited)
J. Edward McKinley
Auctioneer (uncredited)
Gary Menteer
Music Hall Dancer / Wagon Train Traveler (uncredited)


Harold Miller
Auction Guest (uncredited)
Harry Monty
River Pirate (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)


Gil Perkins
Henchman (uncredited)
Red Perkins
Union Soldier (uncredited)
Murray Pollack
Auction Guest (uncredited)
Paul Power
Auction Guest (uncredited)
Frank Radcliffe
Music Hall Dancer / Wagon Train Traveler (uncredited)
Buddy Red Bow
Arapaho Man (uncredited)


Walter Reed
River Pirate (uncredited)
Victor Romito
Henchman (uncredited)
Jamie Ross
Bruce Harvey (uncredited)


Gene Roth
Riverboat Poker Player (uncredited)


Bing Russell
Man (uncredited)
Danny Sands
Trapeze Man (uncredited)


Joe Sawyer
Riverboat Officer (uncredited)


Jeffrey Sayre
Auction Guest (uncredited)
Phil Schumacher
Bartender (uncredited)
June Smaney
Saloon Girl (uncredited)
Kelly Smith
Little Girl (uncredited)


Dub Taylor
Man (uncredited)


Ken Terrell
River Pirate (uncredited)


Jack Tornek
Barfly (uncredited)


William Wellman Jr.
Officer #2 (uncredited)


Harry Wilson
Cattleman at Barricade (uncredited)


Carleton Young
Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited)
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