

How the West Was Won(1962)
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Overview
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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Debbie Reynolds
Lilith Prescott

George Peppard
Zeb Rawlings

Carroll Baker
Eve Prescott Rawlings

James Stewart
Linus Rawlings

Gregory Peck
Cleve Van Valen

Karl Malden
Zebulon Prescott

Robert Preston
Roger Morgan

Henry Fonda
Jethro Stuart

Richard Widmark
Mike King

Carolyn Jones
Julie Rawlings

Agnes Moorehead
Rebecca Prescott

Lee J. Cobb
Marshal Lou Ramsey

Thelma Ritter
Agatha Clegg

John Wayne
Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman

Harry Morgan
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant

Eli Wallach
Charlie Gant

Walter Brennan
Col. Jeb Hawkins

Brigid Bazlen
Dora Hawkins

David Brian
Lilith's Attorney

Andy Devine
Cpl. Peterson

Raymond Massey
Abraham Lincoln

Mickey Shaughnessy
Deputy Stover

Russ Tamblyn
Confederate Deserter

Spencer Tracy
Narrator (voice)

Harry Dean Stanton
Gant Henchman (uncredited)

Lee Van Cleef
River Pirate (uncredited)

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
Cpl. Murphy
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
Cpl. Ben (uncredited)

John Damler
Lawyer (uncredited)

Christopher Dark
Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited)
Kem Dibbs
Blacksmith (uncredited)
Forrest Draper
Bit Role (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
Bit Role (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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