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1962 • 2h 44min • G • Western

How the West Was Won

"It's here! The mightiest adventure ever filmed!"

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.

IMDb 7.1

RT 86%

MC 56

Director

John Ford

Composer

Alfred Newman

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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

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Robert Preston Roger Morgan

Debbie Reynolds Lilith Prescott

James Stewart Linus Rawlings

Eli Wallach Charlie Gant

John Wayne William Sherman

Richard Widmark Mike King

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