How the West Was Won
"It's here! The mightiest adventure ever filmed!"
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.
Cast
Carroll Baker
Eve Prescott Rawlings
Lee J. Cobb
Marshal Lou Ramsey
Henry Fonda
Jethro Stuart
Carolyn Jones
Julie Rawlings
Karl Malden
Zebulon Prescott
Gregory Peck
Cleve Van Valen
George Peppard
Zeb Rawlings
Robert Preston
Roger Morgan
Debbie Reynolds
Lilith Prescott
James Stewart
Linus Rawlings
Eli Wallach
Charlie Gant
John Wayne
William Sherman
Richard Widmark
Mike King
Spencer Tracy
Narrator (voice)
Brigid Bazlen
Dora Hawkins
Walter Brennan
Jeb Hawkins
David Brian
Lilith's Attorney
Andy Devine
Corporal Peterson
Raymond Massey
Abraham Lincoln
Agnes Moorehead
Rebecca Prescott
Harry Morgan
Ulysses S. Grant
Thelma Ritter
Agatha Clegg
Mickey Shaughnessy
Deputy Stover
Russ Tamblyn
Confederate Deserter
Harry Dean Stanton
Gant Henchman (uncredited)
Lee Van Cleef
River Pirate (uncredited)
Rodolfo Acosta
Gant Gang Member (uncredited)
Clinton Sundberg
Hylan Seabury (uncredited)
Willis Bouchey
Civil War Surgeon (uncredited)
Claude Johnson
Jeremiah Rawlings (uncredited)
Kim Charney
Sam Prescott (uncredited)
Bryan Russell
Zeke Prescott (uncredited)
Stanley Livingston
Prescott Rawlings (uncredited)
Jay C. Flippen
Huggins (uncredited)
Tudor Owen
Parson Alec Harvey (uncredited)
Karl Swenson
Train Conductor (uncredited)
James Griffith
Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited)
Jack Pennick
Corporal Murphy (uncredited)
Jim Michael
Barfly (uncredited)
Chuck Roberson
Officer (uncredited)
Claude Akins
Man (uncredited)
Mark Allen
Colin Harvey (uncredited)
Don Anderson
Auction Guest (uncredited)
Beulah Archuletta
Arapaho Woman (uncredited)
Robert Banas
Dance Hall Dancer (uncredited)
Willie Bloom
Barfly (uncredited)
Bill Borzage
Barfly (uncredited)
John Breen
Waiter (uncredited)
Charlie Briggs
Flying Arrow Barker (uncredited)
Buddy Bryan
Music Hall Dancer / Wagon Train Traveler (uncredited)
Paul Bryar
Auctioneer's Assistant (uncredited)
Walter Burke
Wagon Poker Player (uncredited)
Polly Burson
Stock Player (uncredited)
Ken Curtis
Corporal Ben (uncredited)
John Damler
Lawyer (uncredited)
Christopher Dark
Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited)
Kem Dibbs
Blacksmith (uncredited)
Forrest Draper
(uncredited)
Craig Duncan
James Marshall (uncredited)
Ben Black Elk Sr.
Arapaho Chief (uncredited)
Raoul Freeman
Auction Guest (uncredited)
Sol Gorss
River Pirate (uncredited)
Tom Greenway
(uncredited)
Barry Harvey
Angus Harvey (uncredited)
William Henry
Staff Officer (uncredited)
Jerry Holmes
Railroad Clerk (uncredited)
Roy Jenson
Henchman (uncredited)
Walter Kightly
Cavalryman (uncredited)
Jack Lambert
Gant Henchman (uncredited)
John Larch
Grimes (uncredited)
Robert P. Lieb
Bartender (uncredited)
Herbert Maneval
Schoolboy (uncredited)
J. Edward McKinley
Auctioneer (uncredited)
Gary Menteer
Music Hall Dancer / Wagon Train Traveler (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Auction Guest (uncredited)
Harry Monty
River Pirate (uncredited)
Bob Morgan
Member of Train Robbery Gang (uncredited)
Boyd 'Red' Morgan
River Pirate (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
Auction Guest (uncredited)
Robert Nash
Lawyer (uncredited)
Cliff Osmond
Bartender (uncredited)
Harvey Parry
Henchman (uncredited)
Gil Perkins
Henchman (uncredited)
Red Perkins
Union Soldier (uncredited)
Murray Pollack
Auction Guest (uncredited)
Paul Power
Auction Guest (uncredited)
Frank Radcliffe
Music Hall Dancer / Wagon Train Traveler (uncredited)
Buddy Red Bow
Arapaho Man (uncredited)
Walter Reed
River Pirate (uncredited)
Victor Romito
Henchman (uncredited)
Jamie Ross
Bruce Harvey (uncredited)
Gene Roth
Riverboat Poker Player (uncredited)
Bing Russell
Man (uncredited)
Danny Sands
Trapeze Man (uncredited)
Joe Sawyer
Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Auction Guest (uncredited)
Phil Schumacher
Bartender (uncredited)
June Smaney
Saloon Girl (uncredited)
Kelly Smith
Little Girl (uncredited)
Dub Taylor
Man (uncredited)
Ken Terrell
River Pirate (uncredited)
Jack Tornek
Barfly (uncredited)
William Wellman Jr.
Officer #2 (uncredited)
Harry Wilson
Cattleman at Barricade (uncredited)
Carleton Young
Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited)
Crew
John Ford
Director
Milton Krasner
Director of Photography
Charles Lang
Director of Photography
George Marshall
Director
William H. Daniels
Director of Photography
Henry Hathaway
Director
Joseph LaShelle
Director of Photography
Harold F. Kress
Editor
Bernard Smith
Producer
Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer
Sydney Guilaroff
Hairstylist
Walter Plunkett
Costume Design
Hal Needham
Stunts
Ronnie Rondell Jr.
Stunts
Richard Thorpe
Special Guest Director
Abe Steinberg
Production Supervisor
Carl Brandon
Sound Editor
John Logan
Supervising Sound Editor
Lester Swartz
Special Effects
Lynn F. Reynolds
Makeup Artist
Jay Sebring
Hair Designer
Bob Overbeck
Special Effects Technician
Kendrick Kinney
Sound Editor
Matty Azzarone
Leadman
Ron Talsky
Costume Design
Hank Moonjean
Assistant Director
Frank Wesselhoff
Painter
Loren Janes
Stunt Double
Ted Mapes
Stunts
Danny Sands
Stunts
John Lipow
Sound Editor
William Tuttle
Makeup Designer
Van Allen James
Sound Editor
Rick Arnold
Stunts
John Gay
Writer
Milo B. Lory
Sound Editor
Charles Schulthies
Special Effects Technician
Richard Talmadge
Second Unit Director
John Truwe
Makeup Artist
Harold Humbrock
Sound Editor
Polly Burson
Stunts
Al Carmichael
Stunts
Everett Creach
Stunts
Richard Talmadge
Stunt Coordinator
Donna Hall
Stunts
Troy Melton
Stunts
Dick Shane
Stunts
Bob Terhune
Stunts
Jerry Vance
Stunts
Troy Ward
Stunts
James V. King
Camera Operator
Mike Henry
Negative Cutter
Ken Terrell
Stunts
Bob Morgan
Stunts
Jack N. Young
Stunts
Ethmer Roten
Musician
Paul Salamunovich
Vocals
Michael Preece
Script Supervisor
Abe Steinberg
Production Executive
Charles Horvath
Stunts
Harvey Parry
Stunts
Carl Pitti
Stunts
Carl Fortina
Musician
Frank Cordell
Stunts
Gil Perkins
Stunts
Chuck Roberson
Stunts
Harold E. Wellman
Second Unit Director of Photography
Ken Darby
Vocals
Louise Di Tullio
Musician
Donna Hall
Stunt Double
Chuck Hayward
Stunts
Roy Jenson
Stunts
Rusty Richards
Stunts
Jack Williams
Stunts
Bill Johnson
Camera Operator
Dean Smith
Stunts
Alfred Newman
Conductor
May Boss
Stunts
Leroy Johnson
Stunts
Autry Ward
Stunts
Joe Yrigoyen
Stunts
Leo Shuken
Orchestrator
Sally Stevens
Vocals
John Epper
Stunts
Richard Farnsworth
Stunts
Chuck Roberson
Stunt Double
Robert Fuca
Set Costumer
Loren Janes
Stunts
Dave Guard
Vocals
Sol Gorss
Stunts
Vince De Rosa
Musician
Tommy Morgan
Musician
Fred Graham
Stunts
Eddie Juaregui
Stunts
Louise Montana
Stunts
Boyd 'Red' Morgan
Stunts
Pete G. Papanickolas
Grip
Charles K. Hagedon
Editorial Consultant
Cliff Lyons
Stunts
Owen Marsh
Camera Technician
Robert Armbruster
Conductor
Robert Emmett Dolan
Conductor
Robert Bain
Musician
Jack Hayes
Orchestrator
Uan Rasey
Musician
Addison Hehr
Art Direction
Jack Mills
Set Decoration
Thomas Conroy
Production Supervisor
Robert Emmett Dolan
Music Coordinator
Ken Darby
Lyricist
Don Greenwood Jr.
Set Decoration
William McGarry
Assistant Director
A. Arnold Gillespie
Visual Effects
Franklin Milton
Recording Supervision
George Marshall Jr.
Assistant Director
William Ferrari
Art Direction
Wingate Smith
Assistant Director
Robert Saunders
Assistant Director
Sammy Cahn
Lyricist
James R. Webb
Writer
George W. Davis
Art Direction
Johnny Mercer
Lyricist
Robert R. Hoag
Visual Effects
Henry Grace
Set Decoration
Charles K. Hagedon
Color Assistant
William Shanks
Assistant Director