How the West Was Won (1962)

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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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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)

J

Jim Michael

Barfly (uncredited)

Chuck Roberson

Officer (uncredited)

Claude Akins

Man (uncredited)

Mark Allen

Colin Harvey (uncredited)

Don Anderson

Auction Guest (uncredited)

B

Beulah Archuletta

Arapaho Woman (uncredited)

Robert Banas

Dance Hall Dancer (uncredited)

W

Willie Bloom

Barfly (uncredited)

Bill Borzage

Barfly (uncredited)

J

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)

K

Kem Dibbs

Blacksmith (uncredited)

F

Forrest Draper

(uncredited)

C

Craig Duncan

James Marshall (uncredited)

B

Ben Black Elk Sr.

Arapaho Chief (uncredited)

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