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Learn about the plot, cast, production and reception of How the West Was Won, a three-part Western film directed by Henry Hathaway, John Ford and George Marshall. The film covers the history of the American frontier from 1839 to 1868 and features many Hollywood legends.
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Setting off on a journey to the west in the 1830s, the Prescott family run into a man named Linus who helps them fight off a pack of thieves. Linus then marries daughter Eve Prescott (Carroll Baker), and 30 years later goes off with their son to fight in the Civil War, with bloody results.
- (24K)
- Adventure, War, Western
- John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall
- 1963-02-20
A classic western epic film directed by John Ford and others, starring Gregory Peck, John Wayne, James Stewart and more. See the full list of actors, writers, producers, composers and other crew members who worked on this 1962 masterpiece.
Synopsis. A 5-part saga beginning with THE RIVERS: In 1829, Zebulon Prescott takes his wife Rebecca and their two young sons and two daughters away from their New England farm and heads west on a raft down the Ohio River to seek new opportunities and find husbands for the girls, Eve and Lil.
- John Ford
- Spencer Tracy
How the West Was Won. Setting off on a journey to the west in the 1830s, the Prescott family run into a man named Linus (James Stewart), who helps them fight off a pack of thieves. Linus then...
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- Carroll Baker, Lee J. Cobb
- G
- Metro Goldwyn Mayer
This sweeping historical epic of the United States' westward expansion across the North American continent unfolds over 50 years through the lives of four ge...
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.
