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How the West Was Won

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Calorie Rating: 228
Released: 1962-11-02
MPAA Rating: G
Running Time: 162 Minutes
Budget: 15000000
Revenue 50000000
Homepage: https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/how-west-was-won/
Studios: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Cinerama Productions,


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.

Director / Directors

John Ford
Director

Richard Thorpe
Special Guest Director
Hank Moonjean
Assistant Director
Richard Talmadge
Second Unit Director

Michael Preece
Script Supervisor
George Marshall Jr.
Assistant Director
William McGarry
Assistant Director

Robert Saunders
Assistant Director
William Shanks
Assistant Director
Wingate Smith
Assistant Director



Cast

Debbie Reynolds
Character: Lilith Prescott
George Peppard
Character: Zeb Rawlings
Carroll Baker
Character: Eve Prescott Rawlings

James Stewart
Character: Linus Rawlings
Gregory Peck
Character: Cleve Van Valen
Karl Malden
Character: Zebulon Prescott

Robert Preston
Character: Roger Morgan
Henry Fonda
Character: Jethro Stuart
Richard Widmark
Character: Mike King

Carolyn Jones
Character: Julie Rawlings
Agnes Moorehead
Character: Rebecca Prescott
Lee J. Cobb
Character: Marshal Lou Ramsey

Thelma Ritter
Character: Agatha Clegg
John Wayne
Character: Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
Harry Morgan
Character: Gen. Ulysses S. Grant

Eli Wallach
Character: Charlie Gant
Walter Brennan
Character: Col. Jeb Hawkins
Brigid Bazlen
Character: Dora Hawkins

David Brian
Character: Lilith's Attorney
Andy Devine
Character: Cpl. Peterson
Raymond Massey
Character: Abraham Lincoln

Mickey Shaughnessy
Character: Deputy Stover
Russ Tamblyn
Character: Confederate Deserter
Spencer Tracy
Character: Narrator (voice)

Harry Dean Stanton
Character: Gant Henchman (uncredited)
Lee Van Cleef
Character: River Pirate (uncredited)
Rodolfo Acosta
Character: Gant Gang Member (uncredited)

Clinton Sundberg
Character: Hylan Seabury (uncredited)
Willis Bouchey
Character: Civil War Surgeon (uncredited)
Claude Johnson
Character: Jeremiah Rawlings (uncredited)

Kim Charney
Character: Sam Prescott (uncredited)
Bryan Russell
Character: Zeke Prescott (uncredited)
Stanley Livingston
Character: Prescott Rawlings (uncredited)

Jay C. Flippen
Character: Huggins (uncredited)
Tudor Owen
Character: Parson Alec Harvey (uncredited)
Karl Swenson
Character: Train Conductor (uncredited)

James Griffith
Character: Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited)
Jack Pennick
Character: Cpl. Murphy
Jim Michael
Character: Barfly (uncredited)

Chuck Roberson
Character: Officer (uncredited)
Claude Akins
Character: Man (uncredited)
Mark Allen
Character: Colin Harvey (uncredited)

Don Anderson
Character: Auction Guest (uncredited)
Beulah Archuletta
Character: Arapaho Woman (uncredited)
Robert Banas
Character: Dance Hall Dancer (uncredited)

Willie Bloom
Character: Barfly (uncredited)
Bill Borzage
Character: Barfly (uncredited)
John Breen
Character: Waiter (uncredited)

Charlie Briggs
Character: Flying Arrow Barker (uncredited)
Buddy Bryan
Character: Music Hall Dancer / Wagon Train Traveler (uncredited)
Paul Bryar
Character: Auctioneer's Assistant (uncredited)

Walter Burke
Character: Wagon Poker Player (uncredited)
Polly Burson
Character: Stock Player (uncredited)
Ken Curtis
Character: Cpl. Ben (uncredited)

John Damler
Character: Lawyer (uncredited)
Christopher Dark
Character: Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited)
Kem Dibbs
Character: Blacksmith (uncredited)

Forrest Draper
Character: Bit Role (uncredited)
Craig Duncan
Character: James Marshall (uncredited)
Ben Black Elk Sr.
Character: Arapaho Chief (uncredited)

Raoul Freeman
Character: Auction Guest (uncredited)
Sol Gorss
Character: River Pirate (uncredited)
Tom Greenway
Character: Bit Role (uncredited)

Barry Harvey
Character: Angus Harvey (uncredited)
William Henry
Character: Staff Officer (uncredited)
Jerry Holmes
Character: Railroad Clerk (uncredited)

Roy Jenson
Character: Henchman (uncredited)
Walter Kightly
Character: Cavalryman (uncredited)
Jack Lambert
Character: Gant Henchman (uncredited)

John Larch
Character: Grimes (uncredited)
Robert P. Lieb
Character: Bartender (uncredited)
Herbert Maneval
Character: Schoolboy (uncredited)

J. Edward McKinley
Character: Auctioneer (uncredited)
Gary Menteer
Character: Music Hall Dancer / Wagon Train Traveler (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Character: Auction Guest (uncredited)

Harry Monty
Character: River Pirate (uncredited)
Bob Morgan
Character: Member of Train Robbery Gang (uncredited)
Boyd 'Red' Morgan
Character: River Pirate (uncredited)

Forbes Murray
Character: Auction Guest (uncredited)
Robert Nash
Character: Lawyer (uncredited)
Cliff Osmond
Character: Bartender (uncredited)

Harvey Parry
Character: Henchman (uncredited)
Gil Perkins
Character: Henchman (uncredited)
Red Perkins
Character: Union Soldier (uncredited)

Murray Pollack
Character: Auction Guest (uncredited)
Paul Power
Character: Auction Guest (uncredited)
Frank Radcliffe
Character: Music Hall Dancer / Wagon Train Traveler (uncredited)

Buddy Red Bow
Character: Arapaho Man (uncredited)
Walter Reed
Character: River Pirate (uncredited)
Victor Romito
Character: Henchman (uncredited)

Jamie Ross
Character: Bruce Harvey (uncredited)
Gene Roth
Character: Riverboat Poker Player (uncredited)
Bing Russell
Character: Man (uncredited)

Danny Sands
Character: Trapeze Man (uncredited)
Joe Sawyer
Character: Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Character: Auction Guest (uncredited)

Phil Schumacher
Character: Bartender (uncredited)
June Smaney
Character: Saloon Girl (uncredited)
Kelly Smith
Character: Little Girl (uncredited)

Dub Taylor
Character: Man (uncredited)
Ken Terrell
Character: River Pirate (uncredited)
Jack Tornek
Character: Barfly (uncredited)

William Wellman Jr.
Character: Officer #2 (uncredited)
Harry Wilson
Character: Cattleman at Barricade (uncredited)
Carleton Young
Character: Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer
William H. Daniels
Director of Photography

Milton Krasner
Director of Photography
Charles Lang
Director of Photography
Joseph LaShelle
Director of Photography

Walter Plunkett
Costume Design

John Gay
Writer

Ron Talsky
Costume Design
John Truwe
Makeup Artist
William Tuttle
Makeup Designer

Lynn F. Reynolds
Makeup Artist
Jay Sebring
Hair Designer
Abe Steinberg
Production Supervisor

Tyrus Wong
Art Department Assistant

Carl Brandon
Sound Editor
Harold Humbrock
Sound Editor
Van Allen James
Sound Editor

Kendrick Kinney
Sound Editor
John Lipow
Sound Editor
John Logan
Supervising Sound Editor

Milo B. Lory
Sound Editor
Bob Overbeck
Special Effects Technician
Charles Schulthies
Special Effects Technician

Lester Swartz
Special Effects
May Boss
Stunts




Donna Hall
Stunt Double

Loren Janes
Stunt Double





Chuck Roberson
Stunt Double

Richard Talmadge
Stunt Coordinator



Harold E. Wellman
Second Unit Director of Photography

Bill Johnson
Camera Operator
James V. King
Camera Operator
Owen Marsh
Camera Technician

Robert Fuca
Set Costumer

Charles K. Hagedon
Editorial Consultant
Mike Henry
Negative Cutter

Robert Bain
Musician


Jack Hayes
Orchestrator

Uan Rasey
Musician

Leo Shuken
Orchestrator

Abe Steinberg
Production Executive
Ken Darby
Lyricist
Sammy Cahn
Lyricist

George W. Davis
Art Direction
William Ferrari
Art Direction

Addison Hehr
Art Direction
Henry Grace
Set Decoration
Don Greenwood Jr.
Set Decoration

Jack Mills
Set Decoration
Charles K. Hagedon
Color Assistant
Thomas Conroy
Production Supervisor

A. Arnold Gillespie
Visual Effects
Robert R. Hoag
Visual Effects
Robert Emmett Dolan
Music Coordinator

Franklin Milton
Recording Supervision