Film

How the West Was Won

1962 · 2h 44m · Western

It's here! The mightiest adventure ever filmed!

IMDb

7.1

Rotten Tomatoes

85%

Metacritic

56

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.

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

• John FordDirector
• Henry HathawayDirector
• George MarshallDirector
• John GayWriter
• James R. WebbWriter
• Bernard SmithProducer
• William H. DanielsDirector of Photography
• Milton KrasnerDirector of Photography
• Charles LangDirector of Photography
• Joseph LaShelleDirector of Photography

How The West Was Won - Trailer

Release date

November 2, 1962

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 44m

Rated

G

Budget

$15,000,000

Revenue

$76,729

Genres

Western

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