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Box office. $50 million. How the West Was Won is a 1962 American epic Western film directed by Henry Hathaway (who directs three out of the five chapters involving the same family), John Ford and George Marshall, produced by Bernard Smith, written by James R. Webb, and narrated by Spencer Tracy. Originally filmed in true three-lens Cinerama ...
How the West Was Won: Directed by John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall, Richard Thorpe. With Carroll Baker, Lee J. Cobb, Henry Fonda, Carolyn Jones. 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.
- (23K)
- Adventure, War, Western
- John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall
- 1963-02-20
How The West Was Won (1962) -- (Movie Clip) In The Spirit Of Your Forefathers Trapper Rawlings (James Stewart) is planning revenge on merchant bandit Hawkins (Walter Brennan) and crew, even as he’s fleecing bible beating Prescott (Karl Malden) and his clan (Agnes Moorehead, Debbie Reynolds, Carroll Baker et al), mayhem ensuing, in director Henry Hathaway’s segment of How The West Was Won ...
- John Ford
- Spencer Tracy
How the West Was Won (1962) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Watchlist. 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 marries ...
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- Carroll Baker, Lee J. Cobb
- G
- Metro Goldwyn Mayer
A family saga covering several decades of Westward expansion in the 19th century, from the Erie Canal to San Francisco. The film follows the Prescott and Rawlings families as they encounter river pirates, Civil War, railroads, and Indians.
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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. 4,573 IMDb 7.1 2 h 44 min 1963. X-Ray G. Drama · Western · Ambitious · Optimistic. Available to rent or buy.