How the West Was Won (1962) - film review

John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall, Richard Thorpe

Adventure / Drama / Romance / Western

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How the West Was Won is an American western first released in 1962, directed by John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall and Richard Thorpe. The film stars Carroll Baker, Lee J. Cobb, Henry Fonda, Carolyn Jones and Karl Malden. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Director: John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall, Richard Thorpe
Script: John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall, Richard Thorpe
Photo: William H. Daniels, Milton R. Krasner, Charles Lang, Joseph LaShelle
Music: Alfred Newman
Cast: 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), Debbie Reynolds (Lilith ’Lily’ Prescott), James Stewart (Linus Rawlings), Eli Wallach (Charlie Gant), John Wayne (Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman), Richard Widmark (Mike King), Brigid Bazlen (Dora Hawkins), Walter Brennan (Col. Jeb Hawkins), David Brian (Lilith’s attorney), Andy Devine (Cpl. Peterson), Raymond Massey (Abraham Lincoln), Agnes Moorehead (Rebecca Prescott), Harry Morgan (Gen. Ulysses S. Grant), Thelma Ritter (Agatha Clegg), Mickey Shaughnessy (Deputy Stover), Russ Tamblyn (Confederate deserter), Spencer Tracy (Narrator), Rodolfo Acosta (Gant gang member), Mark Allen (Colin Harvey), Beulah Archuletta (Indian woman), Robert Banas (Dance Hall Dancer), Willis Bouchey (Surgeon), Charlie Briggs (Flying Arrow Barker), Paul Bryar (Auctioneer’s assistant), Walter Burke (Wagon poker player), Polly Burson (Stock player), Kim Charney (Sam Prescott), Ken Curtis (Cpl. Ben), John Damler (Lawyer), Christopher Dark (Poker player with Cleve), Kem Dibbs (Blacksmith), Craig Duncan (James Marshall), Ben Black Elk Sr. (Arapajo chief), Jay C. Flippen (Huggins), Sol Gorss (River pirate), Tom Greenway, James Griffith (Poker player with Cleve), Barry Harvey (Angus Harvey), William Henry (Staff officer), Jerry Holmes (Railroad clerk), Roy Jenson (Henchman), Claude Johnson (Jeremiah Rawlings), Jack Lambert (Gant henchman), John Larch (Grimes), Stanley Livingston (Prescott Rawlings), J. Edward McKinley (Auctioneer), Harry Monty, Bob Morgan (Member of train robbery gang), Boyd ’Red’ Morgan, Robert Nash (Lawyer), Cliff Osmond (Bartender), Tudor Owen (Parson Alec Harvey), Harvey Parry (Henchman), Jack Pennick (Cpl. Murphy), Gil Perkins (Henchman), Red Perkins (Union soldier), Buddy Red Bow (Native Man), Walter Reed, Chuck Roberson (Officer), Victor Romito (Henchman), Jamie Ross (Bruce Harvey), Gene Roth (Riverboat poker player), Bryan Russell (Zeke Prescott), Danny Sands (Trapeze man), Joe Sawyer (Riverboat officer), Jeffrey Sayre (Auction spectator), Harry Dean Stanton (Gant henchman), Clinton Sundberg (Hylan Seabury), Karl Swenson (Train conductor), Ken Terrell (River pirate), Lee Van Cleef (River pirate), William Wellman Jr. (Officer #2), Harry Wilson (Cattleman at barricade), Carleton Young (Poker player with Cleve)
Country: USA
Language: English / Arapaho
Runtime: 162 min

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