How the West Was Won

“It's here! The mightiest adventure ever filmed!”

7.0/ 10 500 votes 1962-11-02 2h 44m 4 popularity

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.

Director: John Ford

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Budget

$15M

Revenue

$76,729

Cast

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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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