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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.
- $50 million
- Alfred Newman
- $14,483,000
- Bernard Smith
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.
- John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall
- 205
- 3 min
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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 ...
- John Ford
- Spencer Tracy
87% Tomatometer 23 Reviews 74% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings 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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- Carroll Baker
- G
- Metro Goldwyn Mayer
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. 4,554 IMDb 7.1 2 h 44 min 1963. X-Ray G. Drama · Western · Ambitious · Optimistic. Available to rent or buy.
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.