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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.
Edit page. 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.
How the West Was Won: Created by Jim Byrnes, Albert S. Ruddy. With James Arness, Bruce Boxleitner, Kathryn Holcomb, William Kirby Cullen. The Macahans, a family from Virginia, headed by Zeb Macahan, travel across the country to pioneer a new land and a new home in the American West.
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Synopsis 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 daughter...
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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.
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.
