How the West Was Won (1962)

11/02/1962 (US) • 2h 44m

Western

It's here! The mightiest adventure ever filmed!

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.

Top Billed Cast

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


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$15,000,000.00

Revenue

$50,000,000.00

Keywords

epic

river

settler

native american

caravan

outlaw

frontier

colonisation

family

riverboat

usa history

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