How the West Was Won poster
Director John Ford, George Marshall, Henry Hathaway
Writer John Gay, James R. Webb

How the West Was Won

Tagline: It's here! The mightiest adventure ever filmed!

Release Date: 1962-11-02

Duration: 164 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • John Wayne
    Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
  • George Peppard
    Zeb Rawlings
  • Karl Swenson
    Train Conductor (uncredited)
  • Gregory Peck
    Cleve Van Valen
  • Debbie Reynolds
    Lilith Prescott
  • Carolyn Jones
    Julie Rawlings
  • Henry Fonda
    Jethro Stuart
  • Carroll Baker
    Eve Prescott Rawlings
  • Harry Dean Stanton
    Gant Henchman (uncredited)
  • Lee J. Cobb
    Marshal Lou Ramsey