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Summaries. A family saga covering several decades of Westward expansion in the 19th century, including the Gold Rush, the Civil War, and the building of the railroads. 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.
Marshal Lou Ramsey. Watchlist. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. 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...
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How the West Was Won, American western film, released in 1962, that was a sprawling epic about the transformation of the American West in the 19th century. The story is told in five parts—“The Rivers,” “The Plains,” “The Civil War,” “The Railroad,” and “The Outlaws”—that follow several generations.
John Ford. Director. John Gay. Writer. James R. Webb. Writer. Written by on January 23, 2023. 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.
2 hr 35 mins. Drama, Action & Adventure. NR. Watchlist. Star-studded frontier epic chronicles a pioneer family's progress from 1830s Ohio to the Arizona Territory of the 1880s. The film covers five...
How the West Was Won. WESTERN. Academy Award-winning epic follows the trials and tribulations of three generations of a frontier family as they embark to tame the wild American West.
The American western film How the West Was Won (1962) was a sprawling epic about the transformation of the American West in the 19th century. Although three directors—Henry Hathaway, John Ford, and George Marshall—collaborated on the film, the story is told seamlessly, backed by the solid performances of its cast.
