How the West Was Won

Synopsis

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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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 Prescott

James Stewart

Linus Rawlings

Eli Wallach

Charlie Gant

John Wayne

William Sherman

Richard Widmark

Mike King

Spencer Tracy

Narrator (voice)

Brigid Bazlen

Dora Hawkins

Walter Brennan

Jeb Hawkins

David Brian

Lilith's Attorney

Andy Devine

Corporal Peterson

Raymond Massey

Abraham Lincoln

Agnes Moorehead

Rebecca Prescott

Crew

Art

• Matty Azzarone Leadman
• Frank Wesselhoff Painter
• William Ferrari Art Direction
• Addison Hehr Art Direction
• Jack Mills Set Decoration
• Don Greenwood Jr. Set Decoration
• Henry Grace Set Decoration
• George W. Davis Art Direction

Camera

• William H. Daniels Director of Photography
• Joseph LaShelle Director of Photography
• Milton Krasner Director of Photography
• Charles Lang Director of Photography
• James V. King Camera Operator
• Bill Johnson Camera Operator
• Harold E. Wellman Second Unit Director of Photography
• Pete G. Papanickolas Grip
• Owen Marsh Camera Technician

Costume & Make-Up

• Sydney Guilaroff Hairstylist
• Walter Plunkett Costume Design
• William Tuttle Makeup Designer
• Ron Talsky Costume Design
• John Truwe Makeup Artist
• Lynn F. Reynolds Makeup Artist
• Jay Sebring Hair Designer
• Robert Fuca Set Costumer

Crew

• Hal Needham Stunts
• Ronnie Rondell Jr. Stunts
• Bob Overbeck Special Effects Technician
• Chuck Roberson Stunt Double
• Troy Ward Stunts
• John Epper Stunts
• Richard Farnsworth Stunts
• Donna Hall Stunts
• Charles Horvath Stunts
• Roy Jenson Stunts
• Carl Pitti Stunts
• Charles Schulthies Special Effects Technician

Directing

• Henry Hathaway Director
• John Ford Director
• George Marshall Director
• Richard Thorpe Special Guest Director
• Hank Moonjean Assistant Director
• Richard Talmadge Second Unit Director
• Michael Preece Script Supervisor
• George Marshall Jr. Assistant Director
• Robert Saunders Assistant Director
• William McGarry Assistant Director
• William Shanks Assistant Director
• Wingate Smith Assistant Director

Editing

• Harold F. Kress Editor
• Charles K. Hagedon Editorial Consultant
• Mike Henry Negative Cutter
• Charles K. Hagedon Color Assistant

Production

• Bernard Smith Producer
• Abe Steinberg Production Supervisor
• Abe Steinberg Production Executive
• Thomas Conroy Production Supervisor

Sound

• Alfred Newman Original Music Composer
• Harold Humbrock Sound Editor
• John Lipow Sound Editor
• John Logan Supervising Sound Editor
• Milo B. Lory Sound Editor
• Carl Brandon Sound Editor
• Kendrick Kinney Sound Editor
• Van Allen James Sound Editor
• Ethmer Roten Musician
• Alfred Newman Conductor
• Uan Rasey Musician
• Sally Stevens Vocals

Visual Effects

• Robert R. Hoag Visual Effects
• A. Arnold Gillespie Visual Effects

Writing

• John Gay Writer
• James R. Webb Writer
• Ken Darby Lyricist
• Sammy Cahn Lyricist
• Johnny Mercer Lyricist

Photos